Hey guys!
Sorry for my absence, I had a really stressful couple of months at work. As we are approaching, everything has finally calmed down and I look forward to blog more. Watch out for a blog on how to handle stress in the near future. But for now, I hope you will enjoy this post. :)
I have recently noticed, that many young girls and women are envying how other people look like. Especially due to the boom within the beauty and fashion industry, young women/girls are desperately are trying to look like celebrities or women they follow on social media platforms.
I recently, came across a comment, where a girl was obsessing over another girl’s beauty and wished to look like her.
This saddens me, as many girls nowadays think the same way as she did. Most females want to look like somebody else, because in their eyes, they are not as beautiful as the popular girls on Instagram. I will be honest with you - I was one of those girls. I always found other females more beautiful then me and I always wanted to look like them. I always envied their bodies, their skin and hair, because in my opinion they were perfect. I never believed anyone who told me that I was beautiful.
It took me a while to realise, that I was as beautiful as the girls I tried to look like. I overcame this by being confident in my own skin. All you need is to have a healthy body image. Once you feel confident in your own skin i.e. your body, your personality, you will see the beauty within you, just as other people see it. We need to be confident in our own skin and stop envying how other people look. As I mentioned in my previous post - whatever God’s creates is beautiful.
'For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well'. Psalm 138:13-14 NIV
Also remember, beauty comes from within – beauty is not just defined by your outward appearance. You can wear the fanciest clothes and make up, but this all goes to waste, if you don’t feel as beautiful inside. It’s how you feel about yourself that matters.
1 Peter 3:3-4 'Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight'.
The verse confirms it. It is the inner beauty that matters and that’s what matters to God. This also should matter to us. Stop comparing yourself and find confidence in yourself. Be YOU!
Prayer point:
Lord help me to stop comparing myself and trying to look like someone else. I know that I am beautiful, because your Word says so.
