Two Trees

God doesn't look on the outside, He looks in the heart

Recently, well past the holiday season, I saw two Christmas trees on the Ponte Vedra beach. One was a traditional evergreen, decorated with a shell, placed on the top of the tree where we usually put the star.

The other tree looked like a skeleton. It had just the woody structure of a trunk and limbs. It was entirely decorated with shells on every branch. Two completely different looks, each beautiful in the eyes of the children who constructed them.

I am so thankful that God created me to be singular and unique. It does not matter to Him if I am a traditional or slightly unconventional dresser, if my speech is the King's English or some colloquial twang, or even if I worship in some mighty cathedral or sitting quietly on the beach, contemplating Him and the majesty of His creation. My physical make-up and the manner in which I adorn myself is immaterial to God and I know I am beautiful and pure in His sight. He created me and washed me in the precious blood shed by His son, Jesus. He feels the same towards you, too. God tells us this over and over again in the Bible.

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