Thursday, October 26, 2006

Pain is Beauty . . .

My good friend Ryan passed on a saying to me several years ago . . . "pain is beauty". It generally refers to pointy toed shoes that look great but that litterally alter the structure of your feet, or your daughter crying as you brush through the tangles in her hair, or eyebrow, lip, and bikini waxing (yowza) . . . are you gettin' my drift? In those tense moments where you need or want to look good, just remember to say "pain is beauty".

Ok, as i was chuckling to myself today thinking of that silly saying, it made me think seriously about life, or perhaps Holy Spirit was just speaking quietly to me on my way home from work. The pain that I have been through, or what each of us has journeyed, is to make us beautiful . . . it is what refines us and sands down the rough corners (ouch).

So the next time you vainly say to yourself, pain is beauty, pain is beauty, as those perfect new earring cause your earlobes to redden and swell . . . think of a painful moment in your life that has given you strength of character, that has helped you relate to someone else hurting, and that has enabled you to see someone so unlike you as someone created in God's image and only because "you've been there". What Satan has wanted for evil, for pain, and for hurt . . . God totally wants to turn that into something completely beautiful!!

Yes, pain IS beauty . . . if we allow it to be.

6 comments:

Michael Tkachuk said...

Amen sister!!!! And by the way....you is berry beautiful!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

*sniffle*... so all this pain IS for a purpose. I want to be beautiful to the Glory of God.

Anonymous said...

You are a VERY wise woman Vanessa. You might not remember me...Sarah from KRT...Erin and Trevor's mom...went to growing kids Gods way....I had been reading Maria's Blog and caught up with your family on yours.....I have not made one...yet

Anonymous said...

I had this anonymous comment on my spot about the X-Men movie... and I'm pretty sure that you're the "other diva" that I am suppose to "influence" you to watch it.

Now if you were to guess who left the message I will give you 5 bucks!!! :)

RENT IT AND WATCH IT WITH MIKE!!! IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!

(from one diva to another)

Celeste said...

You are so very, very right. Thanks I needed that today. xoxo :)

Maria Scicluna said...

Yah, how true... pain seems to be the best way I learn. Just yesterday I was contemplating why anyone would be attracted to me but we all know that beauty is what we are and not what we look like. I thank God for my crap and just feel so bad how I could not relate to others until I had experienced the struggles they walked. Great comment Ryan "pain is beauty" very best explained by the sacrifice Jesus made for us on the cross.