Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places

No Contestation

I don’t want to

just tell myself I’m beautiful

I want to know it

To see it through Your eyes

I want to know

In my very core

like the flower

I am beautiful

with no contestation

because I am Your child

Imprint this knowledge on my soul

that I may not question

this beauty You bestowed

that I may not seek it

from others

that I may not force it

through acts of service

You say it

You proclaim it

and that is

the end of it

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Jessica P. Mills

I see the world through stories and insights. I have always been a sensitive soul, especially towards nature, people, art, and faith. I spend a lot of time reflecting and finding treasures wherever I can. The two values I live by are beauty and celebration. I hope my blog communicates those two things, seeing beauty where beauty is not often seen and celebrating every aspect of life, the hard and the easy.

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An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.

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