Soooooo hello hello hello! Ya missed me? No? Yes?! OK so I went to Spoken Word at the Ritz which is held the first Thursday of every month by the way and for the FREE and this young lady read a poem about beauty and people loving themselves and yadah yadah yadah...it was good though, she caught my attention when she said "beauty can be murderous" and it got me thinking so hear I am and there u are ...reading.
Beauty...what the heck is that? At this point nobody knows or at least society has so distorted beauty that it really is in the eyes of the beholder. To some a BIG BOOTY GUH is beauty....to some a big bust...long lashes...long hair. Some like certain skin tones...races... a particular ethnicity.
At some point in our lives we battle with beauty, some having lost the battle. For most women the battle begins at a young age when you want to hang with the popular girls or you get picked on for having curly hair, a big nose, a small nose, freckles and THEN you get talked about for having big boobs...not so big boobs...weave...short nails...being skinny or being thick/borderline fat trying to keep up with the look of the video vixen and THEN that escalates to needing surgery for larger breast, hips, butt and baggy under eyes, firming cremes and killing yourself in the gym because the magazines and infomercials say you need to look like a real Barbie.
We strive so much to keep up with society says is beautiful, killing who we are as individuals...killing our self esteem and in some cases killing ourselves because the pressure to looking like societies version of beauty.
Ah but we can know true beauty. BEAUTY IS 1 Peter 3:3-4 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. 4 You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
Beauty is found on the inside, its how you treat yourself and others, its your smile, your character. A pretty face with an ugly attitude is just ugly.
Remember: charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be greatly praised. (Proverbs 31:30 NLT)
At some point in our lives we battle with beauty, some having lost the battle. For most women the battle begins at a young age when you want to hang with the popular girls or you get picked on for having curly hair, a big nose, a small nose, freckles and THEN you get talked about for having big boobs...not so big boobs...weave...short nails...being skinny or being thick/borderline fat trying to keep up with the look of the video vixen and THEN that escalates to needing surgery for larger breast, hips, butt and baggy under eyes, firming cremes and killing yourself in the gym because the magazines and infomercials say you need to look like a real Barbie.
We strive so much to keep up with society says is beautiful, killing who we are as individuals...killing our self esteem and in some cases killing ourselves because the pressure to looking like societies version of beauty.
Ah but we can know true beauty. BEAUTY IS 1 Peter 3:3-4 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. 4 You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
Beauty is found on the inside, its how you treat yourself and others, its your smile, your character. A pretty face with an ugly attitude is just ugly.
Remember: charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be greatly praised. (Proverbs 31:30 NLT)
Declare: I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. (Psalm 139:14 NKJV)
You are beautiful just the way you are. Don't be a victim of "beauty"...embrace yours.
You are beautiful just the way you are. Don't be a victim of "beauty"...embrace yours.
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