More Precious Than Rubies

Women are constantly faced with pressures on how to look, how to act, and how to speak. Television, movies, and other forms of media attempt to educate us on what an “ideal” woman is. Most women spend a large part of their lives subscribing to what other people have to say about who they are. Precious time, energy, and space are given to accomplishing the perfect look, the perfect walk, and the perfect hairstyle. Unfortunately, most of us sacrifice individuality for the sake of perfection.

We don’t understand that we are perfectly imperfect.  Our flaws and our weaknesses are what make us beautiful. God made us each to be one of a kind and a designer’s original. There is no formula for perfection because God is the only mathematician that can take the mess of our pasts and create something as beautiful as us. It’s important for us to understand that what has happened to us and what we have endured is what speaks to the core of who we are. Television cannot replicate what God has so masterfully created. 

Proverbs 3:15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her

As a masterpiece modeled from the hands of the Master, there is nothing that even comes close to who you are.

Don’t allow what popular culture has come up with to override the diligence God used to create you. Your worth does not lie in the curve in your back or the fullness of your lips. Your soul is what makes your priceless. Physical beauty holds merit but anything that can decrease in value based on the way it looks never supersedes the ability your soul has to increase in its worth.

The closer you get to God the more precious you become. Just as the precious metals that are refined in the highest heat garner the greatest price. Something can be so valuable that there is no amount of money that can buy it. There is no value that can be assigned to it because that currency has not yet been imagined.

Perfection is something we strive for but it must be done in your lane. You can only be a perfectly flawed version of yourself. What makes stones so precious is because of the different sparkle that each one emits. The sparkle that comes from them is indicative of the area where they were created. No stone is like the other but it still remains beautiful in its own right. It does not take after another beautiful stone, but it basks in the beauty of its uniqueness.

The time that is put into trying to replicate who someone else is or what they have can be put into mining for your own beauty. You can take your experiences and see the scars they left or you can see how close they pushed you to God, creating something more precious than rubies. Had you not endured the pain of your past experiences you would not be able to withstand the process of seeing your sparkle shine.

It’s okay to not look like everyone else, walk like them, or talk like them. They didn’t create you so that don’t determine your value. What you have is incomparable, invaluable, and priceless. You are far more precious than rubies!

With All My Love,
Mrs. Truscott