Beauty

A friend forwarded me an email that contained a link from Dove's website regarding Campaign for Beauty (http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/) and I was amazed. The past week or so I have had a lot of things came into my path and they have all had something to do with beauty. In Sunday School this past week we had a discussion on beauty....then I received this email from my friend Andrew....and so the questions poured out. Do we have to buy the latest trends, are we trying to "Keep up with the Jones'" and so on? By the way who are these Jones' people and why would I keep up with someone I don't even know?

Anyway, as I read the bible more and continue to grow in my walk with God I have realized I am beautiful for who I am. Not what I look like, not what I wear, and not even what I smell like. (I do shower daily folks just so you know, only out of concern for the well being of others I work and live with...hehehehe) I am beautiful because I am a child of God. He created us all different in this world. Who else would have such a grand imagination to create all of these earthly bodies and personalities for us to use for our time here on earth? Only God could!!! Isn't it amazing to think of how different we maybe inside and out? Look at identical twins and so on....they look alike - but they are so different!!

I hope that women and men who are children of God (and those who are not) will realize that the worlds view of how we "should" look is very distorted. The most important thing of all is how we carry ourselves in the watchful eye of God. Not how we carry ourselves in front of others here on earth. What purse you carry, what shoes you have on and what label is in your clothing will do nothing for you when you are standing at the gates of heaven......