Beauty From Pain

This song has been stuck in my head since Friday, February 10, 2012
I needed to share..

                                                             "Beauty From Pain"
                                                                     Superchick

The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I'm alive but I feel like I've died
And all that's left is to accept that it's over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made
I try to keep warm but I just grow colder
I feel like I'm slipping away

After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today, someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

My whole world is the pain inside me
The best I can do is just get through the day
When life before is only a memory
I'll wonder why God lets me walk through this place
And though I can't understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back someday
And see how you've brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames

After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today, someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

Here I am at the end of me (at the end of me)
Tryin' to hold to what I can't see (to what I can't see)
I forgot how to hope
This night's been so long
I cling to Your promise
There will be a dawn

After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today, someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

I do not claim any rights to this song..all credit to Superchick.

Losing a friend is tough.. But God has a plan and he will bring out our beauty through our sufferings. We (I) just need to have faith that His plan is good and perfect..Even when I don't understand. Hang in there. He loves you deeply.

 Love, Felicity 

Beauty in a Bottle

This being my first blog I thought I would tell you a little about the name and what it represents.
I decided to call it "beauty in a Bottle". this is because we all have a pure beauty in Christ, but the rounded curves of a bottle give us an unpleasant reflection, causing us to be self conscious and bottle up our beauty.
We just have to open up and release the beauty..and that is what I shall do through my blog.
Beauty can be easily misunderstood, and many girls these days seem to think beauty comes from a bottle(make up, hair products, etc..) but really it is what's inside of them, their personality, their actions, and Christ's reflection in them that defines their beauty.

1 peter 3:3-5  Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful.

I believe that this verse is saying that we should not base beauty on how we look; our hairstyle, accessories, or the brand of our clothing, instead we should let our personalities shine through. God finds our Humility beautiful, and he is the only one we should be trying to please. If you keep focused on God and let his love work through you, you will seem more beautiful to those around you. Plus, God says that the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit is unfading. Wow! This true beauty doesn't fade and will not wash away at the end of the day, it is there always, and that is AWESOME to know. It's like they say..Its whats on the inside that matters.
Love always, Felicity