Are you spending too much time in the mirror or thinking much too
much about how to improve your looks? This is something that we should
all think about. I did not write this, but it is worth reading.
It
is amazing to me, how we live in a society where being beautiful is
such an incredible asset. Women who have been blessed with natural
beauty have incredible advantages in most areas of life. Because of the
importance our society places on beauty, it has become an all-consuming
drive for too many. In recent years, this has now also become a very big
issue for many men. The problem with chasing beauty is the same problem
people who crave money have. It is an unquenchable thirst that can
never be satisfied.
There will always be someone who is more beautiful, more perfect. This drive to be beautiful powers multibillion
dollar a year industries like cosmetics, clothing, hair, and cosmetic
surgery. There is an insatiable drive to be beautiful that many women
chase throughout their entire lifetime. This is a problem not only for
women who are without Christ, but also for women who know Jesus as their
Savior. In many cases it is actually a sin since it takes priority over
a person's relationship with Christ.
We have all heard
many times that beauty is only skin deep, and true beauty is what is on
the inside, not the outside. That sounds good, and is actually true.
But in reality, it is not how we live.
Let me say right
here, that men are as much to blame for this problem as women are! Men
have put incredible pressure on women to look a certain way, to be
beautiful at all times. If men were as concerned about a woman's inner
beauty as her outer beauty, I believe women would not be as fanatical as
many are to be "beautiful." This problem must be addressed by men as
well as women.
Of course, the answer to this problem
lies in the realization by women and by men of who we are in Christ. We
are new creations, beautiful in God's sight, not because of our outward
appearance but because our hearts have been cleansed and sin washed
away. It is amazing how we can get consumed by something like beauty
during these short years we have this life. These clay bodies we are
using for this time came from the dust of the earth and will one day
return to the dust of the earth. I hate to be so blatant, but that is
exactly what we are trying to make and keep beautiful.
Listen,
there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look nice, have a
good appearance, and maintaining ourselves the best we can during this
life. As a matter of fact, I believe the Lord wants us in good shape,
looking our best so that we can be the best servants for Him possible
during this life. The problem though is the insatiable consuming desire
for beauty that this society has pressured many women into trying to
attain and maintain. If the same effort went into our service for Him,
it would be incredible all the additional work for the Kingdom that
would be accomplished!!!
I love you and care about you
so much. I want to encourage you today to honestly ask God today if you
are putting too much emphasis on your outward appearance and not enough
on your inward relationship with Him each day. I love you and pray for
you, and have never even met most of you. I love you because the Lord
has placed love in my heart for you, not because of what you look like,
but because of who you are. His creation, someone He loved enough to
send His son to die for, someone He loves and cares for.
God
loves you not because of what you look like, but because you are His
child! Let that truth take hold in your heart today, and go forward
knowing you are truly beautiful in God's eyes. Would you rather be
beautiful to a world that will one day not exist, or to your God who you
will be spending eternity with? Make sure your drive to be beautiful is
in God's eyes first.
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