What does "beautiful" matter if I know I'm loved?

Many of you have seen the latest ad campaign circulating around by Dove Soap "You are more beautiful than you think". If you haven't seen it, I suggest watching it

It's about women who have to describe themselves to a sketch artist that has never seen them. After he sketches them, a stranger that they have gotten to know for about 30 minutes comes in and describes them for a second sketch. When the sketches are compared the women are shocked at how incredibly different they came out. They see the reality of how critical they were on themselves, versus the way others saw them. I was amazed and I was in tears. It hit me like a ton of bricks, honestly. What would mine look like? How would others describe me? I would struggle with that... but why? I asked God, "Why is this affecting me so deeply? What exactly do I struggle with here?" God simply asked me, "Can you say you're beautiful?" I felt like my stomach dropped... "No." What exactly does that mean, though? Why is that a bad thing? I don't have a hard time accepting your love or love from my husband and family. I know that I'm loved and I love to love people back. I don't feel like I struggle with an orphan spirit (for more on this, I highly recommend the message by Pastor Randy Harvey from April 21, 2013 on www.thecrossing.cc). I know where I belong and whom I belong to. I'm secure in that... I just don't think of myself that way. My husband thinks I'm beautiful, my daddy thinks so and I know God does too... why do I need to? What does "beautiful" matter if I know I'm loved?

God spoke to me, "It's not just about beauty on the outside. It is about your true beauty... Your laugh that shows the joy in you. The tears that show compassion for someone in pain. Your touch that shows that you care enough to be there. Your heart that aches when you see someone in need. The way your anointing touches lives, as you operate in my calling. The way I shine through your smile to touch others... It's how I see you. You are mine. Created by me and for me and I want you to see yourself the way I see you." I've heard it said that confidence is beautiful. Well, I believe it. Being confident in what God says about you, is where you discover your true beauty. I may not struggle with how God loves me, my security that He holds me or that I belong to him... that doesn't mean that I don't struggle with seeing myself how He sees me. That is a profound truth that I have been missing, but I see it now. Another reality came to me through this, every single aspect of my life (struggle, victory and experience) is an opportunity for God to establish credentials in my life that I need to help others. I haven't got this all figured out yet, but I'm listening and learning... I will get it and then I will use it to help whomever God brings across my path, in the future.

Yes, I'm loved. Yes, I'm secure in my relationship with Him. Yes, as hard as it is for me to say... I am beautiful and so are you. More beautiful than we think.