A woman knelt in prayer,
and in anguish cried out to God.
"Dear Lord, I can't compete in this world,
I am just a simpler woman.
I don't have perfect hair or perfect teeth,
a perfect smile or a perfect figure.
I want so much to fit in with this world
that asks for perfection.
I want to be loved and appreciated and needed
O God, please do something. Change me."
"My dear child, " replied the Lord,
"to Me you are simply wonderful
I accept you as you are.
I knew you even when you were in your mother's womb,
and I have you engraved upon the palm of My hand.
Each part of you was created in My image.
And I am changing you, daily.
But you see, I work differently than the world.
I work from the inside out, and deep within your heart,
I see the beginning of...perfection."
~author unknown
