Guest Post- Mikala DeVillier
Have you ever looked in your mirror one morning, and just seen nothing but what you think are flaws? Maybe your teeth aren’t straight, or your hair is too frizzy, or you just don’t like the way your body looks.
Chances are you have thought one of these thoughts at some point. You have probably even thought that you don’t look like the girls in the magazines, or on TV.
There are a million things in this world that tell us how we should look. Just open up a magazine, or turn on the TV, you will be bombarded with ideas of what the media calls “beauty.”
Girls everywhere feel pressured to conform to society’s unreasonable standards of beauty. They hate their body and abuse it because they don’t love themselves. Society has made it almost impossible for us to love ourselves. When you don't love yourself you begin to let society’s standards interfere with God’s standards.
Society has also trained us to strive for perfection, and anything less is unacceptable. Society calls for girls to be tall with a slender body, straight white teeth, flawless hair, unblemished skin, and the best clothes. We as girls think that, if we have these things, then we will be beautiful and feel accepted in society’s standards.
Here is the thing though; God calls us to be beautiful in a different way. God calls us to be beautiful in the heart.
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7
God calls us to be beautiful in our own way. We are each unique. Some of us are tall, some are short. Some of us have red hair and, some of us have blonde hair. Some of us have blue eyes, and then some of us have green eyes. We are all different, and that’s how God made us.
When we begin to want to look like everyone else, we lose our identity that God gave each and every one of us. When we stop focusing on what society calls our flaw and what’s wrong with our bodies, and we begin to love ourselves, beautiful things happen. Our eyes are opened to a whole new perspective. We see what true beauty is, true beauty that comes from within.
You will also have a new self-confidence, and self-worth that comes totally from Christ! So girls everywhere, I challenge you to join me on an adventure. One that defies what the world calls beauty, and follows what Christ calls beauty. I challenge you to love yourself, and your body. I challenge you to stop being negative when you see yourself in the mirror, and be positive. I challenge you to focus on the beauty inside your heart, and let it shine for the world.
Whenever you are feeling bogged down in society’s crazy deception on what beauty is, check this song and video out.
More Beautiful You – Johnny Diaz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqQUojBg84
I have played the Clarinet in the band and twirled on the Goldenette's twirling line for Nederland High School. I have twirled for a little over ten years and it is one of my favorite things to do in my free time. I enjoy smiling, drinking tea, and being silly. I love reading outside and spending time with my family. I thoroughly enjoy doing mission projects. I have been involved in the churches Acteens group since I was in 7th grade; It has kept me grounded and has given me a heart for serving others.
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