Yup, here goes another rant that I've been thinking about a lot lately.
So, as most everyone knows, there is hardly a day that goes by without seeing a diet commercial, models that starve themselves to be stick thin, and people who slather on makeup and look completely like a doll or a clown. As a Christian, this seems to be an extremely downward spiral of humanity, in my opinion at least. It seems to me like we have begun making idols out of our own bodies or the bodies that we wish we had.
You know, in the Bible, Genesis 1:27 to be precise, it states: "So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." So, I'm wondering, if all humans were made in the image of God, as the Bible states, why are we so concerned with changing the way we look in order to fit the needs of the world? Sure, I understand wanting to lose weight in order to be healthy or something like that, but there isn't any reason why we can't eat right and exercise.....that's just me rambling....
Another thing, I understand that the world is full of peer pressure and that the current ideology of being "beautiful" is being stick thin, having perfect hair, and gorgeous big eyes; but why do we care so freaking much about what the world thinks? All those looks will be gone in a few years, then wrinkles will take over....oh wait.....botox. It's just frustrating to me when I see tons of gorgeous people trying to change the way they look with plastic surgery and things of that nature. There is no reason to conform to the ways of the world.
Some people say that they need to change in order to find someone that will love them. Hm, think about that for a second. If someone loves you, would they just focus on the physical appearance? I highly doubt it. You see that's lust, not love. I think, we all just need to take a step back and focus on creating an internal beauty for ourselves, someone that will gain approval from God and that will not require approval from humanity. The saying, "Beauty is only skin deep" is rather true. Physical beauty is only skin deep, but being beautiful on the inside, now that's something worth achieving.
Anyway, it's also a fact in my mind that EVERYONE is beautiful in their own way. Like I said and the Bible said, we are created in the image of God....so wouldn't it be logical to assume that we are all beautiful?! Yup, that's right, let that sink in deep....
Blessings.
