I think that is what Christ is in the process of doing with His bride - all believers. We have had years of performance-based living or shame or guilt that have weighed us down and hidden the true person underneath. Perhaps we've been told all our lives that we are rotten sinners with evil hearts. Perhaps we've felt unacceptable no matter how hard we've tried. Yet Christ comes along and loves us. He values us. He affirms us. He sees the beauty that's there in the new creation heart, and it makes His heart turn somersaults. He loves and accepts us and sees something in us that we might not see. He sees that we were born beautiful. And in the presence of such unconditional love, our natural beauty just blossoms.
We're beautiful to Him. We were re-born that way. We're never ugly or shameful. We're never a disappointment. We're lovely and righteous and without a single flaw. When He looks at us with those tender eyes of love, He sees His beautiful bride!
With love,
