Yesterday, I learned that beauty deceives people. Not necessarily all women, but those who dress themselves up to be something that their not. Through our youth group lesson last night, I realized that self obsession can lead to eternal damnation.
Now obviously not all women try to purposely present a fake self, and who said that makeup is a bad thing? Me personally, unless it's a formal function, I just throw mascara on like if I'm going to town. I dress tomboyish, depending on my mood. Some days it'll be clean pants and a crisp colored blouse, while other days, like when I really don't care, it's my dirty sweat shirt I wear during welding and a
t-shirt that really needs to see detergent. Laundry is a horrible chore, if you ask me.
Totally off topic. What got me most was how people can be insecure about themselves. And I deal with that too. Oh, my skin is weird, I don't like my hair, I look like a freak, my cheeks are so red, (I have a skin condition) I'm too fat, my eyebrows look like a rat's nest; those thoughts drift around my head day after the day. But what I do, is that I look at my good spots. My nose is the perfect size, I'm sixteen and I don't have any acne problems, my facial skin is really smooth, my eyes have never looked so blue. And if that doesn't work, I always go to my mom, and she always says the same thing. "Rebekah, God made you perfectly beautiful in His own way." Mom's are always there when you need them.
But the more you spend in front of the mirror, then the more you are going to pick at yourself until one day you will consider yourself so ugly, when others think that you are a beautiful person. Think about it.
1 Peter 3:3-4
3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 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.
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