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How Wearing Makeup Can Make You A Saint

Yes, you read that correctly: Putting on makeup every morning can help you grow in holiness.

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How Wearing Makeup Can Make You A Saint
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Each moment of our day presents an opportunity to grow closer to Christ. We can give extraordinary meaning to ordinary tasks by turning simple actions like putting on makeup into a prayer. If we can apply this concept to not only our morning routine, but to our entire day, just think how simple attaining sainthood could be. Here’s how we can grow in holiness even before we’ve had our coffee.

As you glob on your concealer, lift it up as a prayer to Christ like so: Lord you know each and every one of my flaws, yet you still love me. Thank you. You are my God, and I love you too.

Next, as you sponge your foundation on, connect what you are doing physically to something spiritual: Lord cover my flaws with You. Let there be less on me and more of You. Here I am Lord, a canvas to paint Your story on.

Powder: Lord, let your grace spread across my life as much as I spread this power around my face.

Blush: Pour Your love out through me every time a smile lifts my cheeks. I offer each smile as a prayer for the one I have encountered. Let them see Your joy in me.

Eye shadow: Let me look at life through Your eyes and see others how You see them.

Eye liner: Sharpen my vision to be aware of Your presence all around me today in each and every moment. Help me to be more present to You and to others.

Mascara: Open my eyes to those in need around me. Let me see all the little ways that You are calling me to be Your hands and feet. I offer up everything I do today for Your glory and honor.

Lipstick: Holy Spirit, guide every word that falls from my lips. Let me speak the words that You need to be spoken, and let me restrain from allowing words not of You to cross my lips.

Setting spray: Let all my actions be rooted in You. Let everything I do flow from Your will and not mine.

No matter what words we use, each step of our usual makeup routine can turn our heart towards the Lord in prayer. Just think how much better our days can start out if it begin with making ourselves physically and spiritually beautiful.

This method of doing small things with a greater purpose can translate to just about everything we do in our daily lives. The smallest tasks can hold the greatest spiritual weight if we allow the physical to connect with the spiritual.

My challenge to everyone reading this article is to try this out next time you get all prettied up. It could set the tone for the rest of your day. Let me know how it goes, and share your ideas of other physical actions we can turn into spiritual prayers!

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