Star of TLC’s “Little People, Big World” Audrey Roloff and the former star of “Duck Dynasty” Sadie Robertson both understand what it’s like living in the spotlight.
And their similarities go even deeper than that — both Sadie and Audrey are deeply rooted in their Christian faith. As a result, Sadie recently asked Audrey to write a guest blog for her website, “Live Original.”
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Audrey wrote a devotional about what beauty means in the eyes of the Lord.
Looking at the 26-year-old’s Instagram, one wouldn’t think Audrey has ever needed to be too worried about her appearance, but she spoke in her devotional about how being pregnant has left her feeling vulnerable in front of a mirror.
But as she explained in the blog post, she has found “great comfort and encouragement” in the fact that she is “the crowned jewel of His creation.”
Think about the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen… Perhaps a sunset, a mountain peak or a waterfall? God says that you are MORE beautiful than that! I have found great comfort and encouragement in this truth throughout the past 8 months as I have watched my belly grow and my skin struggle.
Audrey said that since revealing that she and husband Jeremy Roloff were expecting a baby girl on September 1, she has often been told that daughters “steal” their mom’s beauty, while sons make their mom glow.
She admitted that the statement makes her cringe:
I cringe every time I hear it. Pregnant moms should feel even more beautiful than they normally do because of the gift and blessing of God’s carrying new life inside of them.
For Audrey, all women should believe that they are beautiful in their own way.
To all my girls out there, your beauty is not defined by your physical appearance! If you’ve run in Christian circles (or really any sort of uplifting women encouragement circles) for any length of time, this is probably not new news to you. Honestly, sometimes I get a little frustrated by the constant, “You are beautiful” slogans, blogs, books and advertisements. I think we need to let the truth of this statement sink in deeper than a quick feel-good reminder that, “oh yeah, I’m beautiful, got it.” We need to really dig into who defines our beauty, what defines our beauty, and how we can become even MORE beautiful.
And, according to Audrey, becoming more beautiful is only possible when people start to focus more on inner beauty and less on the surface.
She explained that there is nothing wrong with wanting to look physically beautiful, but outer beauty “should never surpass our desire for inward beauty.” Audrey continued by suggesting that women focus on their holiness in order to help improve their inner beauty:
The biggest inhibitor to the beauty of holiness is the ugliness of sin. Instead of focusing so much on working out, loosing [sic] weight, saving up for that new dress, or trying everything to clear your skin, focus on becoming inwardly beautiful! Focus on repenting from the sin in your life and refusing to believe the lies of the enemy. Focus on holiness.
Audrey added that people’s “earthly bodies are not immune to growing old and dying. In contrast, our hearts and souls will not wither and fade, they can actually grow more beautiful with age and time.”
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