Beauty Lies.

 

Take a minute and watch the Dove Commercial .

          Why do most of us girls tend to cover our faces when a camera suddenly pops out? It’s like when we have no make-up, we have no confidence. What have we done wrong to be so afraid? Is there something wrong with our faces to be so shy? What I am experiencing and I concluded is that most of us are insecure. We are insecure because we are not the girls of media.

        Our generation today portrays the ideal lady as a woman who is sexy and pretty- those who had a nose job! Media wants women to wear short skirts, high heels and a plunging v-neck shirt. I am not saying that their is something wrong in being sexy, what I am saying is that media has a new definition of “sexy”. Sexy for media is girls who wear almost nothing, who are skinny as a stick and those who party all night long. Pretty on the other hand should be someone who is “attractive in a delicate way”, as Google Dictionary defines it. She should be gentle, calm and lady-like. Media ‘s “pretty” is totally different! Media says that to be “pretty” you should look like Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Beyonce and other “stars”. Media somehow teaches us to be “uncontented” of who we are and what we look like. That we shouldn't have our own style and we should follow theirs. I actually am a victim of media and insecurity – I always wanted to look like the famous Korean girl group “Girls Generation”. For me, they were the perfect symbol of beauty! I always wanted to be as skinny as them ( because I am gifted with fats) , tall as them ( because I am short) and as pretty as them (because I wasn't contented with what He gave me). I was desperate to be like my idols and I wanted to copy them so badly. I thought when I became thin and when I had the right hair and the proper looks, I would be confident. The truth is, I ended up losing and I felt untrue to myself. Has that ever happened to you? Do you know how it feels to be insecure? It is very depressing and sad to not be who you wanted to be! But, I realized that it’s more stressful to not be who you are.

I learned that confidence is actually being comfortable- having your own style. It's about being proud of you who are. 

"For you created my inmost being;
     you knit me together in  my mother's womb/
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful.
      I know that full well."

          Says, David in Psalms 139: 13-14. Our beloved Father, knows what is best for us, that includes our looks! “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” From beginning, He already had a vision and a unique design of who should we be and what should each of us look like. We are created perfect and we are special! “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” You see, we are made in his image and likeness- His beauty and His grace! I bet we all know this verse and we always fail to remind ourselves of it! We know that God says “We are beautiful” but it gets blocked by media’s “You are not”. We know that we are special and unique in our own way but it gets buried down in our hearts because media says “ You have to be like her” and “You have to dress like her”.  Being human, it is really hard to always think of what God thinks of us. We are sinful beings- uncontented. We are also exposed to media and so it is very easy to believe and side with it. But, we can never escape the fact that we have a choice! That we can be different- in a good way. So then, what do you choose? Be dead in the false reality of what beauty is and what girls should be like? Or would you chose to be alive in Him and believe that you are perfect in your own way? Being beautiful isn't based on what you wear and what other say about you, it is based on your heart.  Don’t believe the lies and Photoshop!  You are beautiful just the way He created you and you are perfect just the way you are.

"Charm is deceptive , and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised" -Proverbs 31:30

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF BEAUTIFUL.

Maxine Chua. A56A