We women long to hear:
You
are
beautiful!
Yet we rarely do. We live in a put-down world with impossible beauty standards. Flawless faces leer at us while we wait in the checkout line. You’ve seen them, haven’t you?
Blemish-free skin, perfect noses, impeccable makeup. And just below the faces. . .
. . . big bosoms and slender, sculpted bods.
Who can compare?
Not me.
Not you.
No one.
Seriously, even supermodels are air-brushed.
I surveyed a dozen Christian women, ages 20 to 60, who attended my workshop “Inside Out Beauty.” The question I posed: What are two things would you change about your looks? They wrote their answers. No names. Complete anonymity.
The results: All but one mentioned weight.
No surprise. Everyone I know wants to lose a little, a little there.
The other things they’d change: hairy arms, wrinkles, age spots, eye color, hair color, even “my whole body.”
Ouch!
Here’s the big Q? How can we learn to see ourselves like Jesus does?
Question: What would you change about you? Leave a comment.
