Elizabeth Elliot, in her book Let Me Be a Woman, records the story of Gladys Aylward unable to accept the looks God had given her. Ms. Aylward told how when she was a child she had two great sorrows. One, that while all her friends had beautiful golden hair, hers was black. The other, that while her friends were still growing, she had stopped. She was about four feet ten inches tall. But when at last she reached the country to which God had called her to be a missionary, she stood on the wharf in Shanghai and looked around at the people to whom He had called her. “Every single one of them” she said, “had black hair. And every one of them had stopped growing when I did.” She was able to look to God and exclaim, “Lord God, You know what You’re doing!”
(Elizabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman.)
Let’s be honest. We have all at times been frustrated with God because of something that we don’t like about ourselves. It may be our height, skin color, race, weight, build, accent, freckles, talent, ability, gender or even the family we were born into.
But you need to understand that God is for you and not against you. He has a perfect plan for your life. If you will allow God to reveal His plan for you, then you will see how your uniqueness fits with His plan. That’s when you will find true joy in life.
God loves you and created you wonderfully and beautifully.
Romans 8:31 If God is for us, who can be against us?
The word of the day is “for.” Remind yourself that God is for you, not against you. He is always on your side.