True Beauty

Tell me. What is it you don't like about yourself? The size of your ears? The shape of your nose? The way your mouth moves when you talk? These three things are my weaknesses. I have always been critical of myself...of course who isn't? Living in a world like this. Seriously...image is everything if you plan to survive here. You're walking through a grocery store, you glance to your left, and there is a shelf with dozens of magazines...and on the cover of each one is a perfect girl.

Perfect - Adj - free from any flaw or defect in condition or quality; faultless.

Does this sound real? A girl with NO flaws...perfect figure.....perfect face.....perfect everything?

There is another word that starts with P that goes hand in hand 'perfect'.

Photoshop!

That's right. They are fake! No-body is perfect...but alas, the world believes what the world wants to believe. And if you aren't perfect...then you don't fit in. We are our worst critics. It's true! I mean seriously....who else would notice that tiny little mole behind your ear except you? It's not like a random stranger is going to waltz up, study your ear, and then say 'gross! You have a mole!'. Nope...no one would do that (unless they are seriously creepy...). We notice things, we notice flaws...but here's the truth. We ARE flawed!

Every time you look in a mirror, what do you think? Do you think 'I am beautiful, and made in God's image! He has made me just how he wanted to, that is just incredible!' or do you think 'Jumping Jellybeans I have a zit!'.

"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 your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight."

1 Peter 3:3-4

The lord made us in HIS image, he made us how he WANTED us to be. Are we perfect in the world? No. Are we perfect in God's eyes? Yes! Now what matters more...the way God sees us, or the way the World sees us?

Think about it. I don't want you to give the Sunday school answer of 'God!'. I want you to really think about it. Be honest.

He made us beautiful...and we ARE beautiful. It is the inside that counts. I know you have heard this a million times, but it is true!

But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

-1 Samuel 16:7

Be original. Be yourself.


I have a challenge for you:

Challengee - Anyone daring enough to try.

Challenge - for 3 days, cover up your mirrors. Don't wear makeup. Don't look at your reflection. Don't look at yourself at all. Just feel beautiful! Be who God made you to be...just be yourself, and live for the Lord! :)