Beauty Has Entered the Room

By Cyndi

     Several of us ladies have gotten together and started a book club. We’ve been reading Captivated by John and Stasi Eldredge. John is known for writing Wild at Heart for men, and he and his wife wrote Captivated for women. I highly recommend every woman read this book; it reveals the heart of Father God and His value of the feminine side.

      Women reflect a part of God to this world. There are aspects about us that express the nature of God to others. One of those aspects is beauty. “Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful.” (pg 34)  Now read that again and think about it for a minute. God did not have to create thousands of different kinds of flowers, but He did. One or two could have sufficed for the whole cross-pollination thing, but He went beyond the functional, to the beautiful.

      Yet how many of us women feel that we are seen more as functional rather than beautiful? As we discussed this topic in our club, we brought up how we are mostly known by what we do-mother, wife, student, cashier, waitress, etc. Our jobs define us. When we meet someone, what is usually the first questions we ask them-”What do you do?”  Our function tends to override our beauty. But what if we were known for our beauty? Every woman is beautiful. We may not have the outer beauty that some have, (or as the media may portray we should have), but we are all, by the essence that was put into us by Father God, beautiful.

      As we laughed and talked about knowing each other by our beauty, we thought about ways to recognize it in ourselves as well as each other. I had been pondering this whole beauty thing as I’ve been reading the book, and God’s been telling me that when I walk into a room I should think to myself, “Beauty has entered the room.” That I, being a reflection of Him, should think of myself as bringing the beauty of God with my presence. I reveal His beauty, so when I walk in, He walks in too. Jokingly we said we should call forth beauty out of one another. When we see each other, we should say as a name to them, “Magnificent!” or “Radiant!” Getting into the spirit of the moment, one woman slung her arms wide and sung out in her soprano voice, “Glorious!” It’s that feeling of, “I’m here-beauty has arrived!”  How much self-worth and value could be poured into others by doing this.

      So that’s our homework, ladies-calling forth the beauty of God in each other this week.  We girls have agreed to do this and you’re welcome to join us. You men might also earn some extra points by doing this with the women in your lives!