But hang-on, not everyone is beautiful...
Of course, it depends what your definition of beauty is...
If you have one criteria - say 'how we look' - then if everyone is beautiful then no-one is beautiful. If everyone is exceptional then no-one is exceptional.
If you consider lots of criteria - say our looks, our mind, our character, our skills - then yeah, God has made us all beautiful in our own individual way - we are precious to him.
But without doubt our culture focuses on one - our appearance. We are bombarded with it from a young age. Did you know...
Up to 10% of cases of anorexia in Ireland are now occurring in those aged under 10.
Physical beauty is a lovely gift from God (read Song of Songs), but when we turn the 'gift' into a 'god', we stop being thankful for it and we start worshipping it.
The problem with worshipping a gift, is that it never satisfies - eventually it destroys. God tells us to be thankful for the gifts that He has given us - whether our looks, our minds, our skills, our relationships - and to worship HIM as God, not His gifts.
We have a generation of young girls being taught to worship physical beauty - it will mess them up. It's time to remember the God who made us...
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