beautiful girls

it never ceases to amaze me. never.

every year, when i attend junior-senior proms, i always find myself surprised to see my students so elegantly.. transfigured! and always, there would be a handful of them that i’d fail to recognize, simply because their transformation is so completely wonderful, it’s hard to match them up to their usual “uniformed” look :)

last saturday (feb 23 - the date of this year’s prom) was no exception. the boys looked dashing in their suits. and the girls.. well, they were all so.. stunning :p they were elegantly dressed; they walked with poise (in high, high heels!!); and not a single strand of hair was out of place. obviously, they spent *a lot* of time preparing for this special occasion.

philippians 3:20-21 says, “but our citizenship is in heaven. and we eagerly await a savior from there, the lord jesus christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” as i sat there observing the juniors and seniors at their best garbs (and mostly, on their best behavior, hehe), i realized that all of us, too, will undergo a similar transformation - albeit in a much grander scale :)

“..he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of christ jesus.” philippians 1:6 we will not always be the way we are - with our frail bodies and our numerous imperfections. someday, the lord who called us in his love will make us truly glorious. he will transform, not just our bodies, but our character.. so that we will be just as he is: perfect.

brothers and sisters, we are all beautiful in his eyes. because he sees not only what we are right now.. but *what we will be* when we are finally with him :) nevertheless, let’s all do our share and prepare for that special moment, ok? :) because he deserves the best that we can offer.. the best of ourselves :)

so this lenten season, let’s take the time to prepare our bodies and our hearts.. for the love of our lives - our god :)

as for me.. i want to be beautiful - outside and, of course, inside :) because nothing would make me happier than to have him look at me and say, “you are *exactly* the way i want you to be - beautiful and perfect - just like me” :)