SheExudesBeauty

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...