My body size is not tied to my happy. If my happy was missing when I was larger, it will still be missing when I get smaller.

Because she bears the image of God. She doesn't have to conjure it, go get it from a salon, have plastic surgery or breast implants. No, beauty is an essence that is given to every woman at her creation.

A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worthy or enough.

The naked woman's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.

Your feminine heart has been created with the greatest of all possible dignities—as a reflection of God's own heart.

The beauty of a woman is first a soulful beauty. And yes, as we live it out, own it, inhabit our beauty, we do become more lovely. More alluring. As the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote, "Self flashes off frame and face." Our true self becomes reflected in our appearance. But it flows from the inside

You are radiant this evening. You are absolutely breathtaking.

Listen to your own heart and the hearts of the women you know. What is it that a woman wants? What does she dream of?

Ask Jesus to show you your beauty. Ask him what he thinks of you as a woman. His words to us let us rest and unveil our beauty.

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. (1 Peter 3:3—4)

She might be the daughter of a king or a common servant girl, but we know she is a princess at heart. She is young with a youth that seems eternal. Her flowing hair, her deep eyes, her luscious lips, her sculpted figure - she makes the rose blush for shame; the sun is pale compared to her light. Her heart is golden, her love as true as an arrow.

There is nothing so inspiring to a man as a beautiful woman.