I know you sometimes feel ordinary but you’re not.
You are one of a kind ~ a unique and beautiful blend of all God wants you to be.
You are God’s prized possession, a valued treasure of great worth.
You may feel invisible…like you are just one of millions of others.
But God sees you.
And when God sees you, He sees someone He loves.
In Isaiah 43:4, God says, “You are precious and honored in my sight …. and I love you.”
He sees someone He knows.
David said in Psalm 139:1, “You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.” God knows you, too.
Since God knows you, has a purpose for you and loves you just the way He made you, I have no doubt He wants you to feel the same way.
He’ll do whatever it takes to help you get to a place of accepting and embracing your His heart for you so you can become the woman HE created you to be!
Here is the song I feel like God chose for you this week. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch, listen and let Him tell you just how beautiful you are! {If you are reading this via email, click here to watch it since it’s not viewable thru email.}
You really are…
Beautiful
Loved
Cherished
Chosen
Treasured
Sacred
You are His!
May God’s sweet affirmations replace all those comparisons. As you identify, understand and embrace who HE created you to be, I’m praying that, like the psalmist, you’re learning to say with confidence, “Lord, You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb, I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well” (Ps. 139:13-14)
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To celebrate God’s heart for you — my friends at DaySpring have graciously given me 5 sets of “God’s Heart For You” giveaways to share with 5 of you!! {{so excited!!}}
To enter the “God’s Heart for You” GiveAway share your answer to one or more of the questions at the end of the chapter 8. OR if you haven’t read that far yet, share your thoughts about today’s music video or blog post. Can’t want to hear from your heart :-).
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John 3:16 – the core of Christian Godly Love – He loved me enough to die on my behalf – Thank you Jesus for always being there for me and for taking my place in true display of how beautiful your love is for me!
Very inspirational video and message and it’s a great reminder to me that God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. His love for us unending and powerful.
I love Psalm 139 and it is so wonderful and comforting to know that God loves us so much. loved the masterpiece post too!
It has taken God a long time to convince me, but I KNOW that I am beautiful to HIM because of what Jesus has chosen to do for me (die for my sins). Isaiah 43 has some verses that make me believe I am special. I know that I am living in His plan but I feel like there is more treasures to be opened. Praise Him!
What a beautiful song and video Renee! Thank you so much for your inspiring posts and writings as God always seems to speak just to me in a miraculous way! Just what I needed tonight – a reminder that I am forever beautiful in God’s eyes!
God’s Love is absolutely amazing to me! His love is unconditional and eternal and He is always there for me waiting – even if I’m not there yet. Life is hard and I remember that God is sovereign and faithful!
Comparison…wow, this has been a good chapter for me to revisit! Just yesterday I shared these thoughts on Kimberly’s blog – “Comparison is such a sin and I do it way too much and all it does is leave me feeling defeated! To add to it just yesterday my little Joy was doing the same thing!! Renee is so right…amazes me to see how many women relate to this chapter. Some are the very ones others are comparing themselves too…if we’d all choose to believe, we’d be so much better and God would get so much more glory!!”
And this song it always takes me back to nearly a year ago when I read ACH for the first time, so good! But tonight I sat with my 7 year old daughter and had her listen to the lyrics as well. Pray they sink in a little more for both of us!!
Thanks again Renee!! Love, Jill
I loved the music beautiful because it reminded me how God sees me. The love he has for us is so amazing and even overwhelming. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that he loves me that much.
Thank you for the video. I needed that reminder. I feel like such a slacker with this devotion study I am still on chapter 3. I am really struggling to continue but I love it posts and encouragement.
Has God allowed you to walk through experiences through which you can see Him working for good in your life or in the lives of others? Do you, or will you, use these experiences to minister to others you meet along the way?
I remember when I was in school, one day my psychology professor asked to talk to me after class, he took the time out to encourage me about my writing. No one had ever done that before, and all of this time later, I still remember it. Just this month I recalling those memories, I encouraged other women to pause and encourage someone else.
I try to encourage young people when I can. This world is so different than the one I grew up in, and sometimes a positive encouraging word is all it takes to help someone’s spirit for the day or for years to come. I didn’t always understand why God chose me to go through some of the things that I do, why it is I cannot really relate to my peers on many levels, but I see now that God is fine tuning me and my unique characteristics to encourage other young people with health issues to stay strong, have hope, and not quit. To take a pause in a busy day to remind someone that God is always near. Maybe if I were able to keep up with my peers – maybe I’d be too busy to pause and remind someone of God’s faithfulness to us. God doesnt make mistakes. Never ever.
I needed to hear that song today. Today was a rough day. I am in a job that i feel i m so inadequate. Hopeless and drained. Trying not to let the enemy destroy me. I have confidence in God. I am so grateful for his love and knowing that he sees me and will take care of me.
I loved this blog post. It is comforting to know that god values me and that he formed me before I was born. To know I am chosen and His is so encouraging.
Thank you for sharing this song today Renee I have heard it many time and I absolutly love it. The first time I heard it I was in tears, I couldn’t believe that some one could love me so much but God surely does. And i am so grateful for His love and how much He has taught me about love, that I didn’t know before.
This book is wonderful and Chapter 8 is a “milestone” chapter. This is about my 4th trip through the book. Once on my own, Melissa’s study, my study with women at church and your study, Renee. Everytime I ready the book, I get something new out of it. Question 7 has a different answer this time around it than it did the first time. I have been through such a journey with God over the past year and a half and I am now starting to see through the clouds. I know that God has taken me through experiences that I will be able to use to help minister others. I have already seen that. I now know and understand how God uses our trials and hard times to turn around and help others. I hope and pray that God will continue to work through me and that I will be able to do things that honor and glorify Him. Renee you are a true blessing to so many women. I am thankful that God led me to Proverbs 31 Ministries back last August and then to your book. It has changed my life.
Thank you for uplifting a tired lady. It has been one of those weeks and the song and video were just what I needed. But than God always knows what we need. Just an additional quick thanks Renee for all your time and effort. This bible study really is speaking to my heart.
In my Tuesday night H.O.P.E. class we have been speaking these words to each other. Saying them outloud is powerful. I shared this verse “You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes…” from Song of Songs 4:9 Your worship towards God makes His heart beat faster. His passion for you is all consuming.
My dear sisters in Christ and I have shared tears as we speak Christ’s love into each other! Very powerful.
Thank you for this affirmation and reminder (it helps to hear it everyday).
Your words have touched my heart. I don’t see myself as being beautiful. I believe a lot of it stems from when I was in my teens and I used to sing, “Why am I so beautiful?” My Dad asked me why I always sing that and if I was trying to convince myself. I was so embarrassed and hurt to hear those words from my Dad and they did a lot to shape how I have seen myself even now in my 50’s. It is time for me to believe in my heart that I am beautiful.
Wow! What a video! Tears….. I absolutely love the words an pictures at the phrase ‘you are His.’
So powerful! Even for a 38 yr old. God has laid it on my heart to share rhis with one of our youth whose own mother tells her differently. Thanks for sharing so that I may not only receive but pay it forward. To the Glory of God.
“…for all the lies you’ve held inside so long…” I love that verse! “They are nothing in the shadow of the cross.” I am going through a prayer ministry right now, sort of like the looking back that you talked about earlier in the book. It is very painful but I know freedom will come. Thank you for your testimony throughout your book. You encourage me to press on through the pain of my past. God is good and I know I am not alone.
Thinking about everything I’ve been through in the last 3 years….unemployment, estranged siblings, death of my mother, estate battles and now marital issues….I have to bury myself in good reading such as your book AND the word of God to remind me that I am His… I am worthy of love, I am worthy of God’s love. Bless you for all you do.