Praise Him ladies! We thought we would kick off
our second year with a brand new Letter of Victory! Today’s testimony comes to
us via Sis. Marisol Saldana from the church in Apopka, Fl. We love our Marisol
oh so much! She always attends all of our youth activities and her enthusiasm
inspires many others. Enjoy! Blessings!
PTL beautiful young ladies! Some of y’all might
know me and some might not have an idea of who I am. For those that don’t know
me, I’m just a normal young Christian girl trying to make a change in this
world. I’m from the Apostolic Church in Apopka, Fl. Some of y’all don’t know
this because I don’t tell many people, but I like to write. What I’m about to
share with you is something I know we ladies struggle with a lot, some of us
more than others. And I just feel in my heart to share this with y’all.
“You’re Beautiful and Wonderfully Made”
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Psalms 139:14 “I will praise you, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works and that my soul knows
very well.’’
A couple days ago I was in school waiting for
the bell to ring before going to class. One of my friends was late and was
putting on her make-up, when I said, “I don’t know why you put make-up on, your
skin tone is pretty.” She answered me with something I never expected, “Are you
kidding? I hate my skin tone, that’s why I use make-up. To cover all my
imperfections and ugliness.” Yes, I have heard many girls say that, but this
time it had such a different impact on me for some reason. Like her comment
hurt me or put me in shock. That whole day all I could think about was what she
had told me and about how many girls also think that. I know many of us girls
are not happy with our eye colors, skin tone, height, weight, hair and body. I
feel like some of us have forgotten about something. We were created in God’s
image; I’m positive God doesn’t make mistakes and you aren’t either. In
Ephesians 2:10 it says, “For we are God’s master piece.” I have used a bible
verse, but some still might not believe we are truly beautiful. I’m pretty sure
every girl has been told that they are beautiful, pretty, gorgeous, perfect,
and much more. And like always we say, “Aww, thanks!” But I have one question,
and only one that I want you to truly answer. Do you actually believe that
you’re beautiful when someone tells you? I was one of those girls that
didn’t believe it. I use myself as an example. When I was younger I was skinny
as heck. My parents would always say, “Oh you need to eat more and get a little
more fat.” Then after many years, right before I hit my teenage years that all
changed. I went through some emotional things which lead to me eating when I
was bored, happy, sad, or mad. I just ate all the time non-stop, eating was my
get away. I gained weight, but I couldn’t stop eating. I got to a point where I
hated myself. I would ask God why He made me ugly. I hated everything about me,
from the top of my head to the bottoms of my feet. I got to a point where I
guess you could say I was depressed. I would spend the whole day in my room
eating and on my phone. Then a couple of months later, God used a sister to
tell me something that had an impact on me. She said, “God loves you, you are a
precious diamond in His eyes, you’re beautiful, and don’t ever doubt it.” The
enemy is always trying to bring us down. His goal is to make you feel ugly,
nothing and even worthless. Why do we believe the lies of the devil and not
believe our heavenly father? We are young ladies full of valor, grace and
beauty, so we might as well start believing it! I know we heard this a lot, but
this time let’s actually believe it. I just want to say from the bottom of
my heart that every single one of you girls are beautiful, don’t ever doubt it!
We are daughters of the one true king, and stay blessed!
Thank you Marisol for sharing your story! We can’t
wait to read more of what God leads you to write! God bless you!
