Teaching our Girls .....to strive for real beauty............
Passing the Truth....on
Day in and day out, I pass the younger versions of ourselves, trying to create an identity out of looking like the latest fashion icon (within their financial portfolio), behaving in the manner of whoever the "It Girl" is at this current moment. And striving to be known for being themselves while taking on the attributes of whoever is notorius for getting what she wants.
They have come to rely on the latest joint dropped fashion diva, slash dimepiece, beyonce good, shorty and what assets (physical measurements) she has to offer. Beauty has become a second and quite possibly third to being seductive, sensual and flirty. Matter of fact, if you polled most of our girls today, their concern would not be the condition of their heart, but how they could achieve their goals of being famous, having lots of cake and a body that causes men to scream.
We have deceived our girls into believing that their womanhood is measured by how sexually appealing they are, their professional success and material possessions, not so much by our words, but our actions. We ourselves, (ok not all of us, but most of us) bought this lie and find as we continue in years that this cannot be the priority that guides us. But do we go share the truth, that brought us to our knees when we have ourselves have accepted this horrible, but necessary truth? ....All to often, we continue the lie, or even at worse sit silently, while we watch our girls fight to obtain the very thing that at some point will consume them, confuse them and
eventually refuse them. Wearing gold don't make you gold......Does it really matter to have or to have the appearance of having it all...when you don't like yourself? Accessories are just that, additions to something ...or in this case someone. But when it comes to the true character and nature of yourself, can you see the beauty that dwells within you? And can you convey that through the expression of your daily life?
If we are told we have nice legs, immediately, how be it subsconciously we begin buying and wearing that which shows our legs off, the same is true of our rear and breasts. Our confidence
is there, but don't we want for ourselves and our girls to have an appeal that is derived from the goodness of our heart. Years down the road, we would rather be know for our accomplishments, in our House of Worship, in the community and/or workplace. not for being a good lay. Or causing some male to become sexually stimulated by our appearance. No one is coming to visit you in the nursing home when you are 90 years old, because you had a nice butt when you were 17.
We have bought the lie of the media, the fashion, etertainment and marketing industries. And at some point we must begin sharing simple truths with our girls, out of our love for them, ourselves and for God. Not in a know it all, let me tell you somethin', child...attitude. But out of
a common place we all exist in....the beauty and grace God, our Heavenly Father created us in.
Let's explore and embrace a movement....to give Zoe (life) to our girls...and quite possibly, they will avoid some, maybe not all, but some choices that could rob them of the very beauty God created them in.
Day in and day out, I pass the younger versions of ourselves, trying to create an identity out of looking like the latest fashion icon (within their financial portfolio), behaving in the manner of whoever the "It Girl" is at this current moment. And striving to be known for being themselves while taking on the attributes of whoever is notorius for getting what she wants.
They have come to rely on the latest joint dropped fashion diva, slash dimepiece, beyonce good, shorty and what assets (physical measurements) she has to offer. Beauty has become a second and quite possibly third to being seductive, sensual and flirty. Matter of fact, if you polled most of our girls today, their concern would not be the condition of their heart, but how they could achieve their goals of being famous, having lots of cake and a body that causes men to scream.
We have deceived our girls into believing that their womanhood is measured by how sexually appealing they are, their professional success and material possessions, not so much by our words, but our actions. We ourselves, (ok not all of us, but most of us) bought this lie and find as we continue in years that this cannot be the priority that guides us. But do we go share the truth, that brought us to our knees when we have ourselves have accepted this horrible, but necessary truth? ....All to often, we continue the lie, or even at worse sit silently, while we watch our girls fight to obtain the very thing that at some point will consume them, confuse them and
eventually refuse them. Wearing gold don't make you gold......Does it really matter to have or to have the appearance of having it all...when you don't like yourself? Accessories are just that, additions to something ...or in this case someone. But when it comes to the true character and nature of yourself, can you see the beauty that dwells within you? And can you convey that through the expression of your daily life?
If we are told we have nice legs, immediately, how be it subsconciously we begin buying and wearing that which shows our legs off, the same is true of our rear and breasts. Our confidence
is there, but don't we want for ourselves and our girls to have an appeal that is derived from the goodness of our heart. Years down the road, we would rather be know for our accomplishments, in our House of Worship, in the community and/or workplace. not for being a good lay. Or causing some male to become sexually stimulated by our appearance. No one is coming to visit you in the nursing home when you are 90 years old, because you had a nice butt when you were 17.
We have bought the lie of the media, the fashion, etertainment and marketing industries. And at some point we must begin sharing simple truths with our girls, out of our love for them, ourselves and for God. Not in a know it all, let me tell you somethin', child...attitude. But out of
a common place we all exist in....the beauty and grace God, our Heavenly Father created us in.
Let's explore and embrace a movement....to give Zoe (life) to our girls...and quite possibly, they will avoid some, maybe not all, but some choices that could rob them of the very beauty God created them in.
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