“Sometimes the young girl we once were, the one who wanted to be noticed, the one who sought after a boy’s attention or longed for her parents’ approval, is not completely gone.
Maybe there’s a side of me still wanting acceptance and attention.
This possibility makes me uncomfortable. I don’t want to be an insecure woman.
I want to be a woman who reflects love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). I want to have selfless attributes of a heart that reflects Christ in me, the fruit of His Spirit on display. A lasting grace that isn’t about getting attention, but about serving and loving others more than I love myself.
I want that kind of beauty for me, and for my daughters as well.
But to gain it, I have to give something up. I’m going to have to die first.
Die to the me who is all about me.
Die to my selfie.
Because, when I die to me, another woman can emerge. A woman whose character is found in the love she gives, the joy she lives and the peace when she forgives.
A woman who doesn’t make her life about gaining attention, but giving it.” – Lynn Cowell
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