'and this is grace.....an invitation to be beautiful'

this week an angel came to me

her name is Brenda

She's a real person, but this week she was an angel too.

I guess she was paying attention to something beyond herself

She was thinking of me and felt she was to give me a song

She bought me a CD and brought it to my house

She had no idea what was going on for me

She had no idea what I needed

But she listened and followed through 

and showed up at my door

with a gift

of a song

This song has a line in it that has been going 

through me over and over

'this is grace...an invitation to be beautiful'.

Sometimes it is easier to wear clothes of shame, guilt, fear or anxiety.

It takes courage to 'rise up' and put on clothes of dignity, self-respect, and beauty.

To own our 'beauty' we must believe in our intrinsic value as a human being.

To embrace our 'beauty' we must know deep down we are treasured.

To embrace our 'beauty' we must BELIEVE

that we ARE somebody

To embrace 'beauty'

is to embrace a belief that Life is beyond just 'survival' - 

Life is worth celebrating.

Life is beautiful

We are beautiful

Let us see the beauty in each other.