Portrait of His work

These pictures speak to my heart so much: me a girl who hated having her picture taken. Why have it taken when all I could see there was what I didn't like? The first time I looked at these pictures, I got choked up... for the first time, I looked at a picture and saw the beauty that the Lord sees in me, saw the light beaming from those eyes, filled with such joy, contentment, peace. The Lord has been doing such a work in this heart of mine and these pictures reflect that. The before picture, a princess for the day, having the honor to stand beside a dear friend of mine as she entered into a covenant before the Lord with the man she loves.



The after picture, donning my tee, jeans and wild hair. This one shows another side of me, one that I tucked away, too afraid to share it, afraid to be laughed at. That silly side, the one that likes to have fun and not care what anyone thinks. I pulled all those pins, all 56 of them, out of my hair, washed off the makeup and I look at that and can still see all the beauty, all the work, that the Lord has done in me. And with that a confidence in who I am in Him, in who He has created and is working on, with all my flaws and accomplishments.



I hope no one takes this as me being boastful but truly admiring the work the Lord has done, the transformation that He promises each of us.