SheExudesBeauty

" Those who live (dwell) in the shelter of the Most High  will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  This i declare about the Lord:  He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;  he is my God and I trust him. Psalms 91:1,2 Hello Beauties, As I studied Psalms 91 this past week  I found a great sense of security in knowing that God not only is my King and my Father. But He is also my guardian. Google defines it as follows: guard·i·an ˈɡärdēən/ noun a defender, protector, or keeper. "self-appointed guardians of public morality" synonyms: protector ,  defender , preserver,  custodian ,  warden ,  guard ,  keeper ;  More a person who looks after and is legally responsible for someone who is unable to manage their own affairs, especially an incompetent or disabled person or a child whose parents have died. Our Sunday School class at church has...

A couple of months ago I stumbled across this quote "Fully Known and still Fully Loved". The quote resonated with me and prompted me to look into it. The Lord brought me to Psalms 139. A very well know scripture in the church and one of my all time favorites. I've come to realize that in each of us there is a profound need to be loved, accepted, and to be fully known. Yet we invest a great deal of time covering up different aspects of our lives. For fear of being judged and rejected. We become experts at hiding our brokenness, our guilt, and our shame. We've learned how to put up a facade so that those around see a well put together person. And so that those around us believe we've got it all under control. When in reality, our hearts are hurting and longing for more. The closest a human can get to be fully known by another human can be seen in a marriage. And even still, many married couples never achieve being fully known by their spouses.  I wont let them se...

Hello Bea uties, How many of you know that prayer is the answer to all of life's questions? Well, I always had a hard time keeping a routine when it came to prayer. So about 5 years ago, I began to journal my prayers. I realized that writing them down really worked for me. As a result, today I have lots of notebooks that I have filled from cover to cover with worship, prayers and petitions. What I love about prayer journals is that 1. I am able to really share with God exactly what I am feeling. My love for Him, my frustrations, my fears, and even my dark secrets. Sometimes I find it difficult to do this otherwise, and 2. Every now and then I get to go back to past prayer journals and re-read them. I love re-reading them because I am able to see how God answers prayers and how He has transformed me from the inside out! A couple of weeks ago,  I was re-reading prayers from one particular journal I wrote 4 years ago. April 2014 to be exact. Some of my entries are hard fo...

Hello my beauties, Over the last couple of days I have been overwhelmed by the lyrics of the song called Reckless Love by Corey Asbury. The message in this song has captivated me. The revelation of the love of Christ is what saved me from my sins. It is what healed my wounded heart and changed my life forever.  And if He did this for me, He can do it for you too. The songs bridge says: “There’s no shadow You wont light up. Mountain You wont climb up. Coming after me. There’s no wall You wont kick down. Lie You wont tear down. Coming after me.” There is something about truly believing beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Jesus loves me. I always say, it is one thing to know about the love of Christ and it is another thing to truly believe it AND feel it!  The front cover of Cory Asbury’s album literally shook me. Here is a picture of it: What I see is a father protectively hugging his 5 year old son. Not his teenage son or his adult son....

Welcome to She Exudes Beauty. If you have stumbled across this blog, it is most likely that deep down in your heart there is a yearning to discover the beauty that is within you. I don’t profess to be an expert in this. But I, like most of you, grew up never truly feeling like I was beautiful. Not only did I believe there was no beauty in me, but I believed that I was unworthy. Unworthy of being loved, unworthy of being desired by anyone, unworthy of being pursued and unworthy of being fought for.  Like you, I too grew up feeling less than perfect. I hated my looks and I hated being me. When I think about it now, I am amazed to see, how the thought of not feeling beautiful had a profound affect on so many aspects of my life. It affected my ability to be a good wife, a good mom to my 3 amazing kids, a good daughter, sister, friend etc. For years, I prayed to God to please fix me because in my opinion I am flawed.  I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t like everyone else. I hel...