August 3 2010,
11pm
Tonight when I was checking on the kids before I went to bed, I found myself staring at Chloe’s sweet face. I just stood there in complete awe at how she just looked so amazingly perfect.
As I studied her face…her cheeks, her nose, her freckles, mouth, eyes and ears…
I was honestly brought to tears.
So beautiful.
So amazing.
So perfect.
Just simply admiring her physical beauty stunned me.
And then it hit me.
God had just given me a glimpse into what He sees when He looks at us.
He’s looking down at his creation, so proud, so completely in awe…
thinking:
“So beautiful.
So amazing.
So perfect.”
More specifically, if I am to claim this…me!
He created me!
Beautiful.
Amazing.
Perfect…
in His most holy eyes.
He stands in awe, completely stunned.
I get that now.
Thank you Lord, for the little moments such as this, that are so simple,
yet so incredibly profound.
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Reflection….
I am so quick to judge myself.
Every flaw, big or small, I see it and I tear it apart.
And if Chloe was to ever voice the things I say to myself, my heart would break.
How could my sweet, amazing, perfect creation (more so God’s) see herself as anything different?
And yet, we can only see with a limited human love.
Imagine what God must feel, in his Perfect love, when we put ourselves down?
When we attack what He created, what He sees as perfect?
I have got to stop seeing myself by the worlds standards,
and start seeing through God’s eyes.
baby steps….
© 2010 “Le Musings of Moi”
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baby steps… so true! And that’s why I love your blog… because you keep it real 🙂
Wow! I never thought about it that way before! Thanks for this perspective – hopefully I’ll remember it every time I think negative about myself.
I loved this post. It spoke right to my heart.
you can totally do it!!!!!
Wow- beautiful! What a great way of looking at it! I will be using this metaphor for a lesson! Thanks! 🙂
-makay
A beautiful post Summer and what a great God moment you had!
It is difficult for sure to see ourselves through His eyes but it sounds like you are getting better.
God bless my dear!
It’s easy to forget that we are our Heavenly Fathers children and that he loves us and wants us to be happy. Hang in there!
Lovely post, Summer! 🙂
the parent child relationship has always been the best way for me to really grasp God’s love for me. I love my freakin kids! So much. So much more than I can imagine. Yes I would Die for them. As he died for us. I just want to spend time with them. I just want to enjoy them. I get upset with them and disappointed yes, but that ultimate love never wavers. They could do anything and I would welcome them home with open arms, just as He does for us when we stray. Ah..God is good.
Dang, Summer. This is awesome! What an incredible perspective. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. How very true it is…
Wow, I love this. Thanks so much for sharing, I needed to hear it! xoxo
Great post! It’s so hard not to judge and critize ourselves, but you’re absolutely right!
i might never know what it feels like to look at my own child but the baby steps do make sense to me more than u know
this is so beautiful and so true! i love this perspective. we are so hard on ourselves and the things that we beat ourselves up about must be so very silly when God looks at us with his unconditional love!
Thank you for your AMAZING words .. that is definitely something I needed to hear today!
Beautiful! And so true.
That’s so beautiful and also so true! I think it’s a reminder we can all use now and then, that Someone is watching us and thinking all those things about US!
Beautifully said and worth pondering on…Thank you and happy SITS day by the way. 🙂
Beautiful!
I think it’s difficult to see through God’s eyes until you become a parent. Then it’s easy, if we just take a moment to think about it.
Becoming a parent also totally changed my view of the Prodigal Son story.
Thanks for sharing this precious moment.
This is beautifully written. I wrote a blog with a similar kind of theme (called Beauty, Body Image, and Anorexia) recently and it was really popular. This, I believe, is a message we all need to be reminded of from time to time because we’re so saturated by the culture with a standard we can never live up to. It resonates with people, because I think it speaks to a need deep in our hearts.
Thanks for sharing this, and I hope you’ve had a wonderful SITS day. I haven’t looked to see if you are on Facebook but if you are, I will be your newest fan.
{The Lucky Wife via The Chef @ The Saturday Evening Pot}
A Perfect Post.
Here from SITS. Lovely post. I’ve thought the same thing many times looking at my little ones.
Lindsey @ GrowingKidsMinistry.com