As I was growing up, teenager then adult, my outside appearance was really important for me—I was chubby. Ok, more then chubby my friends would say. As a regular young guy, I desired for some girl to look at me and see some beauty, but that would only happen in my dreams. Constantly from strangers, friends, and family members, I received comment's regarding my weight. Comment would go like this: "who would ever marry you if you are that chubby." Actually, I redraw the real comments that people would say.
Knowing God, gave me comfort in the moments when I felt not accepted. I was constantly comforted by scripture, always came back to the truths because the truth made me feel accepted no matter how I looked. This is what makes God so beautiful, this is because of who He is in His nature—God looks at the human differently no matter how she or he has looks from outside. Yes, the looks are important but sometimes looks go beyond of what our will can do.
I have three brothers, all of us are different in shape, we are three years apart from each others. My older brother (who was just a year older then me) made me look small if I stood next too him. My younger brother (who was a year younger then me) was smaller in shape—he is skinny. And when we got together, all of us ate the same proportion. I end up on the other hand more chubbier than all of them.
God sees us differently then those who are around us; God doesn't look at the appearance of the body, He looks at the inner appearance of the heart. When Soul, the first king of Israel, was rejected because of his disobedience, God chooses David and revealed how he looks at a person:
Knowing God, gave me comfort in the moments when I felt not accepted. I was constantly comforted by scripture, always came back to the truths because the truth made me feel accepted no matter how I looked. This is what makes God so beautiful, this is because of who He is in His nature—God looks at the human differently no matter how she or he has looks from outside. Yes, the looks are important but sometimes looks go beyond of what our will can do.
I have three brothers, all of us are different in shape, we are three years apart from each others. My older brother (who was just a year older then me) made me look small if I stood next too him. My younger brother (who was a year younger then me) was smaller in shape—he is skinny. And when we got together, all of us ate the same proportion. I end up on the other hand more chubbier than all of them.
God sees us differently then those who are around us; God doesn't look at the appearance of the body, He looks at the inner appearance of the heart. When Soul, the first king of Israel, was rejected because of his disobedience, God chooses David and revealed how he looks at a person:
"But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7).God states it clearly, "...man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart." Despite all my struggles towards how I will be accepted by the opposite sex, God gave me a wife who says that I am skinny and beautiful. I know that's not true because I can see my self in the mirror. All my worries about my appearance were eliminated since I have an amazing God, who gave me an amazing wife—I am accepted where I was rejected.
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