True beauty.

I really feel bad for most of the women these days, as a guy I really do. I got done reading a couple of articles over the past week or so, the first story was about these little 8 year olds who were dressed up in really inappropriate clothing for 8 year olds and on top of that they had seductive poses. 8 YEARS OLD!!! I mean where were the parents? And why did they allow their little kids to pose for these childrens clothing ads in such a way? The next article was this nazi-nutritionist who was sitting here saying that fat people were killing the environment, and called people like the former American Idol winner Jordin Sparks obese and essentially said that sticks were overweight in her description of fit. Whats even worse is guys are getting the same message too! They buy into that if you do not have a six-pack you are not a man, or if you do not have a cool car, sharp clothing, and do not have the looks of a celebrity that somehow no girl will ever like you. If not that, guys fall into the stereotype of what a woman should look like to be considered beautiful; and it all comes from our media. From celebrities who have to pay thousands of dollars and pounds of makeup to look the way they do, and go under the knife all the time and have so much plastic in them it would make Barbie and Ken cringe.

I must admit though, I had fallen under the same line of thinking about women and my own self, I thought that unless I had some exotic looking woman with flowing black hair that I would not be satisfied with any girl. Or as myself goes I was insecure and vain, insecure that I thought that unless I had a hot car, money, good clothing and a good looking girlfriend somehow I was less of a guy. Vain, that I became SOO focused on what I looked like, so focused on my hair, clothing and body that I cared more about the outside than the inside. I have come to realize though that even though I do not have a girlfriend that does not make me any less of a person, I would rather have a good friendship with a girl and that blossom into something than to immediately start out as boyfriend/girlfriend and not be friends at all. I think many people have as much of a distorted view of dating as they do beauty. Back on topic, so many people need to stop taking their cues from Hollywood on what a girl should and should not look like and start reading their Bibles, because it says that God is not impressed with looks, when God was looking for a king to replace Saul, He instructed Samuel to visit Jesse's house and he (Samuel) went through all of these big, strong, handsome young men. God wanted none of them, because He said that He looks at the heart and is not impressed by appearances. With that he chose a young boy named David, who was the youngest of all his brothers, and he grew to become one of the greatest monarchs in all of history. The same could be said for beauty, sure it is a cliche "it's the inside that counts," but people really believe it is only the outside that matters. There have been examples of girls in my life who may have looked gorgeous, may have had fancy clothes and may have acted nice at first; but in reality they are what the Bible describes as seductresses, who's only need in a guy is to satisfy their flesh. Than there are ladies who may (by the worlds standards) not look like the other girls do, maybe they have faults in certain areas of their life; but inside there is a light that is there that separates them from those girls and makes them far more beautiful than they ever could be. It is called Christ. Though they may physically look pretty, on the inside the are as ugly as a corpse; but even though a lady may not look like a model or the cultures idea of pretty, on the inside they permeate a beauty far beyond the comprehension of the world. When someone is truly seeking after Christ and has a genuine heart for Him, even when you may not think you are beautiful, in Christ's eyes you are beyond that of a diamond; not to mention, if you are serving Him and seek Him on that special someone. He will supply the right person in your life to best complement you in your walk with Him and someone who will love you forever regardless of the stereotypes set by this world; true beauty goes beyond physical, true beauty comes from Christ. When you have a genuine, repentant heart that seeks to serve Him, you are beautiful. I just want every girl who may read this who may has thoughts about themselves and compare themselves to the women on the tv ads, the magazine covers, the actresses and all the rest; I want you to know from a fellow teen guy, what true beauty is. True beauty is Christ, and the love He puts in your heart when you are truly saved and born again; God has someone for everyone, seek Him for it, do not judge based on appearances but allow Him to guide you and lead your heart. Do not always follow that fuzzy feeling inside or your emotions or your thoughts, the world has done this and when they get married and that fuzzy feeling is gone and that pretty girl you married starts to not look so good anymore, they up and leave. True love that puts Christ first will never fail, yeah you will fight, but you will always recompense and be able to come together and forgive.

I hope this helps any girls out there reading this. It truly is the inside that counts, the outside does matter to an extent, but not as much as most people place on it.