Finding our true beauty begins WITHIN....not the way our secular world portrays beauty, which is distorted. Rather, true beauty begins by looking within OURSELVES to see who we are through the eyes of our Heavenly Maker.
Unless we fully understand true beauty, we may find ourselves critically comparing our outer appearance to the perfect models plastered throughout the media. Without being aware, we may suddenly encounter negative feelings about ourselves not measuring up to the worlds standard of beauty.
Not surprisingly, females of all ages have fallen into the devil's schemes to think beauty consists of flawless skin, hair, teeth, nails and a perfect "10" figure. The media is the primary target for deception, which lethally takes root within our mind and soul to fill us with shame, doubts, jealousy, insecurities, false beliefs and a plummeting self-esteem.
Not a day goes by without observing lifelike billboards, fashion magazines and beauty advertisements with drop-dead stunning models plastered upon each page! Of course, advance image editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop, magically erase all imperfections, such as unsightly scars, birthmarks and blemishes.
Underneath an exquisite model's trendy fashion, sultry pose and dazzling smile is just an ordinary female. Yet, today's teenagers and adult women are fooled into thinking they must lose weight, schedule breast augmentation, compulsively seek fad diets and spend a fortune on every imaginable beauty contraption. All for the quest to look the best!
When will we take a firm stand to admit, "Enough is enough?" Will we stop this nonsense to take a good look at God's word and begin filling our minds with HIS biblical truths, instead of distorted lies set out to destroy us?
Psalms 45:11 proclaims, "The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor Him, for He is your Lord." Just close your eyes and imagine....Your Heavenly Father is downright ENTHRALLED with your beauty! Yrs, in His eyes, you are BEAUTIFUL, RADIANT, ACCEPTED, CHERISHED AND ETERNALLY SIGNIFICANT.
Finding our identity in Christ will FREE US from negative feelings, which surface when we falsely believe our worlds idea of beauty. Prayerfully, we can let go of the worlds distorted view of beauty to become more confident in GOD'S WORD about TRUE beauty, which begins WITHIN.
I challenge you today to step out in faith with your head held high in confidence that YOU are truly beautiful in God's eyes, no matter what size, shape or color. For it is only when we clearly see ourselves through GOD'S EYES, we are able to look beyond our outer appearance to suddenly discover deep within the core of our heart and soul who we really are.
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