Comments on: Finding Beauty in the “Unlovely”

By: Julie W

Julie W — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:22:19 +0000

Wow. I love honest blogs. Thanks for sharing this, it certainly resonates with me and gets me thinking… I found these “messy pix” beautiful…

By: Creative Mom Interview: Mandy Steward

Creative Mom Interview: Mandy Steward — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:56:03 +0000

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By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:32:21 +0000

Thanks Melanie. I’m glad to find another fellow Little Prince fan!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:34:35 +0000

I’m just now reading this tonight but your writing blows me away. Thanks for your insight and vulnerability. I [heart] this! (P.S. The Little Prince has always been my favorite, too)

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:02:19 +0000

Valerie, thank you so much for writing honestly about the physical unloveliness. I’m been dealing with a few personal frustrations in this area too and it is so encouraging to hear another woman speak of such things, especially a woman as beautiful as you.

Prudence, Wow, thanks for the blog referral and scriptures. I like how God can stir a lot of different hearts on the same topic at the same time. And the Eccl verses give me much to consider.

Laura, I love you! Thank you so much.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:30:13 +0000

I see a home full of love, understanding the freedom to create, the patience to explore all kinds of unknown possibilities, and the security to figure out who and what you are created for in a safe environment. Makes me smile.

By: Prudence

Prudence — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:23:15 +0000

Finding beauty has been a theme this week (series here: http://www.sarahmarkley.com).

While I was thinking about your question, “I wonder if there is beauty in everything?”, I was reminded of Ecclesiastes 3:11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”

By: Valerie

Valerie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:33:58 +0000

I love it! It’s the perfect follow-up. I can totally relate to the whole short of breath thing. I’m getting better at just breathing deep instead and reminding myself the mess means that God has abundantly blessed me with a home and people and things to fill it with…and that we are so busy enjoying life that we don’t have time spend on things that REALLY don’t matter! These days I’ve been struggling with “physical unloveliness”…you know… the stretch marks, pouchy belly, dimply thighs. I’m trying to think about how amazing/beautiful it is that my body has been able to do what’s it’s done over the past 31 years. Although it will never look the way it did 15 years ago, its functions…though different…are still magnificent and I thank God for creating it that way!