"Excuse me, am i beautiful?"

As I was growing up as a teenager, I suffered from acne problems and sometimes would not go to school, or church as my pimple would have reached its "full potential". Having been ignorant about it, I consumed oily stuff, which made it worse but I loved margarine so much. This has caused me to look down upon myself over the years. I struggled with rejection too.

When I went to my mentor's place a few years ago and saw a photo of himself on his wall smiling, a thought dawned on me, "I hardly take photos of myself...I'm always with people in photos. Is that why I don't take the time to intentionally love and lavish myself?".

When I got to university, a close friend of mine told me "i like your nose". Now this surprised me simply because my nose is what i disliked the most due to the acne issues I had. Her words broke my insecurities at once. But then I began to see that her words had its source from the One who made me.
He likes me as I am. He loves my nose. He loves my thin body. He loves my skinny being.

James 1:22-24 says: Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

Many do not know what they look like because they have not been doing what the Word says and that includes BELIEVING who God says we are. In Psalm 139:17-18, I am told told there are thoughts concerning me, that I am yet to access. Can't be going around asking people "am i beautiful?" Their thoughts concerning me are too low, too carnal. I am deciding to hook up with my Maker's thoughts concerning me.
Do you know what you look like?
Do you go around asking people to get their approval?
I encourage you to dig in the Word of God and gain access to your Maker's thoughts concerning you and stop being worried about what others think.
Look at me. This inspired me to take photos of myself.
I am FREE!