Book Description

I see you. I see me. We're standing on the brink of defeat, relying on cliché quotes like, "Beauty comes from within" and "You're perfect just the way you are". I knew this stuff wasn't working, but I thought it was enough if I just believed it harder. I thought I was the problem. But no. It's not me. It's not you. These quotes on beauty are void of substance. They are lacking something so incredibly important. Why is confidence so hard to grasp? The moment you think you've took hold of it; it slips right out of your fingers. But I think we've just started to accept insecurity as a part of human nature. It isn't. It has wounded us. It has crippled us, and it has taken the lives of so many. But these views on beauty and worth conceal our wounds and wrap them up in a little bow of "You just need to love yourself more." And even as a Christian, I still questioned why I loved Jesus but couldn't seem to love myself. My life was a crippling walk into rooms surrounded by walls of self-hatred and empty quotes that were slowly closing in on each other. I had so many questions. Where is my value? How do I love myself? How do I have confidence? Isaiah 53:2 "He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him." Jesus had no beauty. In fact, in scripture, He became hideous in more ways than we even realize. He came to us in an unattractive state, and ended His life becoming even more hideous than when He first appeared. But in my journey of uncovering Christ's ugliness, I was shown nothing but beauty. I was shown nothing but majesty. And I only desired Him more. Then I realized something much more profound needed to take place in us if we wanted to truly take hold of confidence. So. What are we to take from the ugliness of Christ? An embarrassing amount, both emotionally, physically and spiritually. It's going to change a whole lot about the way we see the world. And frankly, it will inevitably change a whole lot about the way you view yourself. Prepare to intake the most radical belief about identity and beauty you have ever encountered.Trust me.This is gonna' get ugly.