"beautiful" in His eyes

Whitney has this pillow and it is white and ruffled and all semester she has been anal about this white pillow. She’s been really weird about it, you must understand Whitney is a little OCD she loves to do laundry because she loves clean things, cleaning calms her; her towels must be perfectly folded, color coordinated and stacked according to size on here shelf. Her , in a disorganization is even organized perfectly so it “looks” like shes a little less OCD than she is. But the thing that I love the most about Whitney is her white pillow, this white pillow is what she calls “beautiful” the rest of us are like yeah, it’s pretty, its cute, but to Whitney it is beautiful, it is cherished.

I was talking to Whitney about her OCDness in a picking but understanding way. and she said something that shifted my thinking about her stuff. She told me she cherished everything she owns because everything she owns is with her, it is all she has. Whitney explained to me that she lived in her dads apartment, but then when she moved to CFNI her dad sold the apartment. Whitney’s home is now CFNI, a place where she has no privacy she has to live with people and share, so when that happened everything that was “hers” became sacred, it became very important to her no matter how cheap or expensive, it was hers.

In Matthew 26:7-13 the story of the alabaster jar is told. This one thing to that woman was “beautiful” it was cherished, it was here one possession that was worth something. I imagine this woman was like Whitney with this jar, she probably shined it and made sure it was perfectly placed every single day, because it was “beautiful”. She heard Jesus was coming and she took her possession and broke it over Him anointing Him with oil. She took her wealth, her future, her everything and handed it over to Him. When Whitney left home she left everything, she lost a home to chase after Him, she gave up everything to have Him. Her path following Jesus hasn’t been really easy, but God is holding her up, God has her in His hands, no matter what, that story in the bible continues when she is being looked down on by the disciples because she “wasted” her money, she threw her future away, and Jesus pretty much told them to shut up because she was doing a good thing for Him and her faith would always be remembered.

Matthew 19:29 and everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for MY name’s sake shall receive a hundredfold & inherit eternal life. Sometimes we will have things that we take care of we cherish we see as “beautiful” but we give it all away to run after Him, But God knows He knows, and sees our trials He knows and He will bless it for us God also understands what thing we may endure, but He will never give up on us, for it says in Isaiah 42:3 a bruised reed he will not break and a smoldering wick He will not snuff out. That means that no matter how hard and weak you may be God hasn’t and He never will give up because you are His possession, you are like that pillow, you are “beautiful” to Him and He loves you. so don’t let things get you down don’t let the world crash down on you instead trust Him and remember you are “beautiful” and precious to Him.

But those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

-Isaiah 90:31