Just the Way You Are
“The faithful love of the Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.” - Lamentations 3:22-23
In 2010, Bruno Mars released the hit song, “Just the Way You Are.” The lyrics go like this...
When I see your face, There’s not a thing that I would change, ‘Cause you’re amazing, Just the way you are. And when you smile. The whole world stops and stares for a while, ‘Cause girl, you’re amazing, Just the way you are.”
While this song was written in a romantic context, God is thinking the same thing about you in a fatherly context. Did you know that God loves you just the way you are?
In a world where media dominates much of our time, where we are constantly looking to others for how to dress, act, and live, God is saying, you are AMAZING just the way you are!
God created you. And He created you exactly as He wanted. The way you look, the personality you naturally possess, all of it is exactly as God intended. Sometimes, we can get so caught up in chasing perfection that we forget God never asked us to be perfect. And the things about ourselves that we criticize are things that He sees as beautiful and amazing.
Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds us, “The faithful love of the Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.”
God didn’t make you to be someone else. He created you to be the one and only YOU. If you are struggling with who you are, rest in the peace of knowing that God loves you and He thinks you are amazing, just the way you are!
In 2010, Bruno Mars released the hit song, “Just the Way You Are.” The lyrics go like this...
When I see your face, There’s not a thing that I would change, ‘Cause you’re amazing, Just the way you are. And when you smile. The whole world stops and stares for a while, ‘Cause girl, you’re amazing, Just the way you are.”
While this song was written in a romantic context, God is thinking the same thing about you in a fatherly context. Did you know that God loves you just the way you are?
In a world where media dominates much of our time, where we are constantly looking to others for how to dress, act, and live, God is saying, you are AMAZING just the way you are!
God created you. And He created you exactly as He wanted. The way you look, the personality you naturally possess, all of it is exactly as God intended. Sometimes, we can get so caught up in chasing perfection that we forget God never asked us to be perfect. And the things about ourselves that we criticize are things that He sees as beautiful and amazing.
Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds us, “The faithful love of the Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.”
God didn’t make you to be someone else. He created you to be the one and only YOU. If you are struggling with who you are, rest in the peace of knowing that God loves you and He thinks you are amazing, just the way you are!
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