True Beauty

So many girls today feel ugly, or like they just aren't good enough. That breaks my heart. I have always strongly felt that Satan uses self confidence to get some of Heavenly Father's strongest daughters. He knows he won't be able to get them to commit any kind of serious sin, but he can convince these beautiful daughters that they aren't good enough and never will be. There is a huge difference between cockiness and confidence. After all, "We don't discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves" -President Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Pride and the Priesthood).

When someone compliments us, why is it so hard to say "Thanks!" and actually believe them? So often I hear girls turn down a compliment or mutter "thanks" under their breath while they are thinking whatever you're crazy. Let us again take President Uchtdorf's advice and simply stop it. Girls, we are beautiful. I don't care what age, shape, size, or height you are. God made you and He doesn't make mistakes. We are created in the image of God. Girls, we look like Him! In the end it shouldn't even matter what we look like on the outside, and it doesn't. Who we are and what we spend our time on are what truly matter to our Father in Heaven. Of course it's important to be healthy and have good hygiene, but please please please, believe that you are beautiful. Once you know you're beautiful, everyone else will too.

If you are worried about what the boys think, you are not looking for the right guy. If your boyfriend tells you that you are not beautiful, dump him, and dump him fast. EVERY girl deserves to be told they are beautiful. And if a guy isn't telling you you're beautiful every ten seconds, breathe. Boys will be boys and they get nervous. In the end, it is completely your choice whether you feel beautiful or not. No it's not easy, but if you pray to Heavenly Father He will help you because you are His daughter and He loves you.

Ladies, life is too short to worry about something so unimportant. Put on a little makeup and put yourself together, but don't lose sleep and your precious time for what the world wants of you. Dress modestly! If you aren't covering up, you are defiling you precious body, your temple, that God gave you. This may sound harsh, but an immodest girl literally becomes walking porn. Hold on to your virtue ladies and help the boys out.They are trying so hard to be good and prepare for missions and immodesty disrespects them. They are our priesthood holders and we should be honoring and supporting them. Be honest with yourself, are the shorts too short? Is the shirt too low? I'm not perfect with modesty and sometimes it's really hard to change. But in the end, if you can't wear garments with it, it probably ought to go.

 Marjorie Pay Hinkley said,

“I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.”

My prayer ladies is that we learn to love ourselves. We are daughter's of God, let's start acting like it. He loves us and is routing for us, and wants us to love ourselves too. Let's use the atonement, let's serve, and use our blessings to the fullest advantage. Love yourself for who you are and never forget how beautiful you are.

http://www.lds.org/friend/2013/03/remember-the-forget-me-not
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/the-moral-force-of-women