True Beauty

Society distorts just about everything. Value, worth, character, beliefs, and most prominently, beauty. Something that often bothers young adults, and even simply adults, in this day and age, especially women, is society's view on beauty. Beauty, through the eyes of society, is a small waist, flat stomach, curvy figure, long hair, colored eyes, height, structure, persona, and the list could go on. This is society's view of a "perfect" woman. We see it every day, the typical 5'9, size 2 lady walking towards the cinematographer with the latest trends, or the woman flipping her luscious brown silky, shiny hair advertising for a shampoo commercial. Perfect. Right? We, especially those of us who are women have a desire to feel beautiful, and there's nothing wrong with that. God made us that way. We're supposed to be beautiful, but society's view of "beautiful" is flawless, faux, and unauthentic. It's 1,000 pounds of makeup, the perfect lighting, professional photo shop, and "flare." Why are we so pressured to look like the girls in the media? Why do we want to feel and be perfect? If we take a look into the Word of God, we are introduced to many impactful women. We see women like Eve, Esther, Sarai, and many more. Each of these woman has a story and were used by God in amazing ways. Something that they all had in common is that each of them possessed flaws. Eve gave in to temptation, Esther was discriminated because of her background, and Sarai was barren. In spite of the flaws that these women had, God still used them. Eve was the first woman and mother, Esther became the wife of King Xerxes, and Sarai, the wife of Abraham, the father of many nations, gave birth to Issac. Beauty doesn't mean flawless. Our beauty and worth should not be determined by what we look like, who our parents are, what successes we've made, or our popularity; our beauty is found in the Lord. True beauty comes from the heart. 1 Peter 3:3-4 says, “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, 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.”
Outward beauty fades, but inner beauty lasts. It's okay to dress nice and curl your hair and get dolled up. It's okay to wear clothes that compliment you, it's okay if you want to feel beautiful, but it's not okay if you're trying to become someone else to feel that way. One of my favorite quotes is "Be yourself because everyone else is taken." Be you. That's the most beautiful person you can be, and if you're confident in the Lord, that gives you even more beauty. If your heart is the Lord's, and you find your worth in Him, then you are truly beautiful.
-Micah

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  1. UnknownSeptember 7, 2015 at 8:06 PM

    Well said...with wisdom and insight...Continue "being you!".

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