My Nose Is Too Big!

I have been blessed with a husband whose primary love language is “words of affirmation”, and even though he feels most loved when he receives encouraging words, he also does a wonderful job of modeling how to show love through encouraging words.  This is great for me because I cannot tell you how many times a day he says things to me like, “You are so pretty!” or “I just love looking at you!” or “I am so proud of you!”

Two nights ago I had gotten home later than usual and John says to me, “You are just so cute.  I want to take your picture!”

I precede to say, as he reaches for his phone, “Well, I don’t have any more makeup on.”  He didn’t care.  I stood in front of the window, and he took a picture of me.

Immediately I said, “Let me see!”  He showed me the picture, and without another thought I said, “Oh, my nose is too big!”

In that moment John stopped and looked at me dead in the face. 

“Don’t say that”, he said with a firm tone without even blinking.

It was as if I had offended him.  Something that he saw beauty in I was degrading.

I couldn’t help but feel my spirit being pricked.  That is what God must feel when I say degrading things about His creation.  Every time I say something negative about myself, He must look at me and think, “Don’t say that.”  It’s literally taking a masterpiece that He, God, created and finding fault in it.  How could there be anything faulty about something God created?

John’s simple comment helped me to remember that even though I see imperfections, God sees a masterpiece, and a nose that is perfectly sized just the way He designed it to be.