“Your beauty should not come from outward adornments, 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 this never sat naturally with me. It took discipline. prayer. time away from social media. conversations with friends. tears in my car. you name it. I was this girl. who struggled so hard to believe that if I didn’t have the cutest outfit or if I didn’t fit a certain size, I was not beautiful. I would lean so heavily to worldly standards of what beauty was described to be, and wasted away my attention, my heart and my joy on the effort to be something that was filtered, edited and perfected to the liking of the world. I applied my heart to know the ways in which my outward beauty would be adored. this is satisfying for a time, but then you start to realize, what your chasing after is an unrealistic standard +...