You Are Beautiful: More Costly than Rubies

Theresa Miller teaches us to trust God as He whispers, “You Are Beautiful” in “You Are Beautiful: More Costly than Rubies.” Theresa is offering a giveaway of Ruth Schwenk’s new book, releasing today – Jesus Calm My Heart: 365 Prayers to Give You Peace at the Close of Every Day. SCROLL DOWN TO ENTER.

“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10

Proverbs 31:10 KJV

I hold my nine-month-old daughter’s frame close to me and utter the words, “You are beautiful.” She smiles big and curls her solid little body right into mine—forehead to forehead, nose to nose, with just a hint of wet lips brushing my nostrils. Theresa Miller #Beauty #encouragement #proverbs31woman

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You Are Beautiful: More Costly than Rubies –

I hold my nine-month-old daughter’s frame close to me and utter the words, “You are beautiful.” She smiles big and curls her solid little body right into mine—forehead to forehead, nose to nose, with just a hint of wet lips brushing my nostrils.

She couldn’t have understood what I just said, but she knows.

She recognizes the expression that spills forth matching my words and she knows she is beautiful.

So sweet, innocent, and pure.

We each understand this from the time we are intricately woven, and miraculously joined, hedged in, protected, and defended within the marvelous design of our mother’s womb. We know this from the point we are born right into our mother’s loving arms. We know we are highly valued before we ever look into a mirror.

Yet life has a way of contaminating that innocence—God’s holy intention. It has a way of shaming us for believing we were born exactly who we were meant to be, completely adored and loved. It has a way of making us believe we can never measure up.

As a child, I felt lost in the shuffle, trodden by shame. I hid my shame by hiding the real me. Most people got to know me on the surface, while I skillfully kept them at a distance.

The problem is, we cannot deny our wounds without denying ourselves the abundant life God intends for us. When we run from our pain, we run from God— the source of truth, goodness and beauty.

How do we break the cycle of believing in the light what shame convinces us of in the dark? Somewhere deep inside, we know the truth. We know we are highly valued by God. We know this deep down, yet struggle to believe. We quickly learn to seek our value and affirmations from outside sources.

Proverbs 31:10 describes a different kind of woman, however. Hers is the character a mother instructs her son to seek after in a wife. Her worth is more costly than rubies. When we read down the list of this woman’s actions, it seems impossible to live up to. Yet her virtuous acts do not make her virtuous. This woman is already virtuous before she ever acts virtuously. She is a woman who understands her worth in Christ and trusts him completely.

The Hebrew word, hayil, describes virtue as strong, courageous, and rich in wisdom. God has intended each of us to be this virtuous woman, not because we can do it all, but because we understand where our strength, courage, and wealth in wisdom comes from. When we completely entrust our lives to God, we are that virtuous woman who, like rubies, is a rare and valuable find.

Rubies, like all gemstones, are formed under extreme heat and pressure below the earth. One must excavate to discover it. Anything created to look like it on the surface will be synthetic.

So what if, rather than striving for beauty on the surface, we begin the work of excavating the beauty that already exists within? What if we bring to the light the shame that thrives in darkness and seek the true gem that has become more beautiful with time and through trials. What if we peeled back the layers of pain to discover the purposes we were created for?

Through the excavation process we can begin to heal. That is what journaling honest pages did for me. Drawing out vulnerable emotions and experiences revealed unidentified wounds and through it, God’s nearness became apparent. Little by little, his words became like poetic embers drawing me to his warmth, and into the light of his presence. Not until I stopped covering up my shame could I sit with vulnerability, and allow God to refine me, layer by layer.

Like the tiny facets of a gemstone reflecting light from the sun back to our eyes, when we turn our face toward Christ, we are like mirrors reflecting his radiance.

We are not exempt from suffering in this life. Yet through it, we will be refined into who we were created to be—a virtuous woman, more costly than rubies.

Today will you trust God to peel back another layer within your soul and continue the excavation process? Will you completely trust him as he draws you near and whispers, “You are beautiful?”

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So what if, rather than striving for beauty on the surface, we begin the work of excavating the beauty that already exists within? Theresa Miller #beauty #journaling #encouragement

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Theresa is a transport from the wooded East to the wide open spaces of Wyoming in the West, where she now calls home. Nestled near the Big Horn Mountains, she first enjoys being a wife to Rob and a mom to four wonderful teenagers. Weaving words has been the creative outlet she has explored since childhood, bringing clarity to life’s complexities. Theresa serves in women’s ministries in her church and community as a Bible teacher, MOPS Mentor, and speaker. She has been published on several platforms, and is currently a COMPEL Bible Study Writing Focus Group Leader and Challenge winner. She authors the blog, Dandelions, Potholes, & Wrinkles with her three sisters. You can find Theresa encouraging women to dig deeper in their faith to reach higher in their purpose and calling on the following platforms: 

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How does God see you?

Behold-Her Beauty seeks to help women see themselves as God’s beautiful daughters. 

My whole life changed the day I realized that God sees me as His beautiful daughter. Not the distorted, flawed images I perceived, nor what others thought of me, and especially not what the world told me.

The benefits of seeing ourselves as God’s beautiful daughter are revolutionary and freeing. We no longer find our worth and approval in the world because God values and loves us.

Today, right now, know that you have permission to be beautiful as you embrace your already God-given beauty and live as God’s beautiful daughter.

• We are God’s masterpieces. God created each of us, His work of art, in Jesus Christ for good work, which God prepared beforehand (Ephesians 2:10).

• God made you in His image. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:27 NKJV

• God chose you; you are His treasure and the apple of His eye. “But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.” 2 Thessalonians 2:13 NKJV

Embrace your God-given beauty and live without shame, bitterness, and self-condemnation.

I have put together 10 ways to reclaim your God-given beauty.

Start today by meditating on the Scripture in each declaration section. I like to write the Scripture verse in my journal and then pray about what God is teaching me. Then, do one of the action steps in each section.

You have permission to be beautiful. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and our Beholder is God.

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