You are Beautiful!

    It always starts out with that little naive girl. She's playing a game of tag and she suddenly realizes that she's the slowest one. She feels those all too familiar feelings for the first time. Insecurity. Embarrassment. Jealousy. Slowly but surely those feelings start to come back more and more. She's in 3rd grade and she realizes that she isn't as smart as some of her friends. In 6th grade she gets braces and the insecurities come on stronger than ever. In 9th grade she realizes her skin isn't as clear as some of the other girls. Her Senior year consists of covering herself in makeup and wondering why she can't be as pretty as the next girl, or as athletic as her best friend, or as skinny as her lab partner. 

This girl is me...

This girl is you too...

    This girl is every girl. You may not have been under the same circumstances as me, but every girl faces insecurities at some point. It's easy to look at a magazine and believe your ugly because you don't look like her. It's easy to believe your fat because your bigger than a Victoria's Secret model. It's easy to believe your worthless when you look around and see so many other girls with so many different talents and your still trying to figure out if your even good at anything.

This isn't true. 

None of this is true.

Do you know why magazines have such pretty girls in them? Photoshop.

    Do NOT and I repeat, DO NOT compare yourself to the girls in the magazines! The girls in the magazines aren't real! One of the main reasons girls are so insecure these days is because the media gives them a false representation of 'beauty.' No one looks perfect. Do you know why? There is no such thing as perfect! Everyone has flaws so stop striving for something that is unattainable and go look in the mirror. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!

    Something I've finally come to terms with is that there is always going to be someone better. There is always going to be someone skinnier, blonder, taller, smarter, more athletic. That's okay! The person that you are so jealous of because she's so skinny is jealous of someone else for another reason! No one is perfect, and thats okay!

    God made you. God made every part of you. He even made those stretch marks you hate so much! God loves every inch of you. God thinks you are perfect so why should it matter what anyone else thinks? In Psalm 139:14 it says "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Let me tell you, God does NOT make mistakes. He made you exactly the way you are for a reason and He loves you more then you will ever understand, so why not start loving yourself?

    My name is Hannah Roebuck. I am 17. I weigh 123 lbs. I'm 5'5. I'm not very athletic. I have stretch marks. I love to dance. I love to write. I act goofy a lot. I'm really random.

And I love me.

Take another look at yourself in a different perspective. In Gods perspective. He believes you are perfect and he loves you. Now it's your turn to love yourself.

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
1 Peter 3:3-4

    No matter how cute your new hairstyle is or how expensive your new purse is, these things will fade, and the beauty associated with them will too. Instead, focus on having a heart that is at rest and at peace with God, and you will be beautiful forever.

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:30