Day Eleven: ANTICIPATING GOODNESS


“Now if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?”
—MATTHEW 6:30

Women are multitaskers.We tie the children’s shoes, make the appointments, brew the coffee, pay the bills, cook a meal, clean the house, run our careers, keep our men happy, care for aging parents, and serve in the church. In our spare time, we nurture a relationship with God and find time to exercise and get our nails done. Whew! It’s not enough that we expect ourselves to be able to run the world: we expect that we will look fabulous while doing it.We expect a lot from ourselves, don’t we?

We expect a lot from physical beauty, too. We expect that physical beauty will bring us many things, but most importantly, we expect beauty to bring us love and acceptance. After all, these core desires are what we were designed for. We absolutely crave love and acceptance, and the root of these yearnings is in our spirits.

No one craves what they have never tasted. We crave love and acceptance because our spirits once knew complete acceptance and unconditional love through intimacy with God. We cannot manufacture a cure for this craving, because humanity is not the source. God is. Only God can satisfy the hunger.

Let go of your expectations of what physical beauty could bring you. God is the source of all good gifts. You may never have a super-model’s body or face. You may be confined to a wheelchair, or have scars that cannot be healed. Yet nothing can stop God from giving you what He wants to give you. If God lovingly attends to even the grass, which is of no value, how much more will He do for you?

Let God give you what you crave. No one multitasks like He can!

Ask: What is it that You want to give me, that I can’t get from physical beauty?

Believe: I trust God to bring me all good gifts.

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