While listening to K-love the other day on the radio, I heard an interview being done with Kayla Martell, recently crowned Miss Delaware.  Her story is quite inspirational since she is bald due to alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that attacks hair follicles.  Read a portion of her story on the following link: 

 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20009291-10391704.html

Once Kayla lost her hair, she could have easily given up and aborted her dream of winning a beauty pageant.  During the interview with K-love, she attributed her determination to her faith in God and her family.  Her family encouraged her to continue entering the pageants, even though she wasn’t bringing home the crown.  They knew she was beautiful with or without hair.  And, Kayla knew God had made her beautiful. 

What could have been a disability for Kayla has turned out to be a thrusting point in her life’s ventures.  She is now able to use her position as Miss Delaware to raise awareness of the disease.  She could have become bitter and angry with God.  But, instead, she chose to focus on the positive instead of the negative.  She made a decision after being inspired by a five-year old girl to pursue her dream instead of giving up. 

Is there something going on in your life that you don’t particularly like?  Do you feel you have some physical handicap that makes you “unlovely”?  In God’s eyes, all things are beautiful.  He created you, and He can still use you even when you think He can’t.  God can give you the willpower to go on even when you want to give up.  And, just like Kayla, there may be a child who is looking to you for inspiration.  They’re not focusing on your flaws—they’re seeing the beauty within!