You know the scenario. You are walking through the store and you go to check out. As you are standing in line you look to your left (or right) and see all these magazines. With these gorgeous girls. Gorgeous people.
So if you are anything like me it is all to easy to compare ourselves. Especially when the featured model is a Mama of three months and looks like she never gave birth-let alone gained weight over a nine month period!
But here is a question:
How much of that is real?
Here is a movie that I recently re-discovered and thought it would be good to share it once again.
Can you believe that???
You can watch it again if you are in as much shock as I was the first time I watched it!
I don't know about you but-it makes me feel a little bit better when I realize that those pictures and billboards...most of them are NOT REAL. They are powdered and squeezed and spend hours getting make-up and hair PROFESSIONALLY done and THEN-they are photo shopped till, in all honesty, the original person does not really even exist anymore because they had to be made "perfect" according to the world's standards.
Now, does this mean that we do not make an attempt to dress nicely and take care of ourselves? No. But it is nice to realize that these models we hold ourselves up to so often...most the time they are normal people...they are real too and nine times out of ten-even they do not look like the photo shopped pictures of themselves.
So what is beauty?
What does the Bible say about beauty?
I googled that and found a really neat list of Bible verses HERE. Below are some that ministered to me:
1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV
Psalm 139:14 ESV
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
So what are your thoughts?
What are some of your thoughts on beauty?
Do you ever struggle with comparing yourself to others?
Do you have any lessons you have learned along the way to share?
I would love to hear them! :)
So if you are anything like me it is all to easy to compare ourselves. Especially when the featured model is a Mama of three months and looks like she never gave birth-let alone gained weight over a nine month period!
But here is a question:
How much of that is real?
Here is a movie that I recently re-discovered and thought it would be good to share it once again.
Can you believe that???
You can watch it again if you are in as much shock as I was the first time I watched it!
I don't know about you but-it makes me feel a little bit better when I realize that those pictures and billboards...most of them are NOT REAL. They are powdered and squeezed and spend hours getting make-up and hair PROFESSIONALLY done and THEN-they are photo shopped till, in all honesty, the original person does not really even exist anymore because they had to be made "perfect" according to the world's standards.
Now, does this mean that we do not make an attempt to dress nicely and take care of ourselves? No. But it is nice to realize that these models we hold ourselves up to so often...most the time they are normal people...they are real too and nine times out of ten-even they do not look like the photo shopped pictures of themselves.
So what is beauty?
What does the Bible say about beauty?
I googled that and found a really neat list of Bible verses HERE. Below are some that ministered to me:
1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV
Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
Psalm 139:14 ESV
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
So what are your thoughts?
What are some of your thoughts on beauty?
Do you ever struggle with comparing yourself to others?
Do you have any lessons you have learned along the way to share?
I would love to hear them! :)
