Just saw this on Nick Page’s blog and thought it was a brilliant reminder of how much the beauty we are forced to compare ourselves with is not reality. I know that they have stylists and lighting and airbrushing…but seeing it in action like this is very heartening and encouraging to know that we just can’t be expected to look that good in real life every day!
At 33 and (and two thirds) I have finally reached a stage where most of the time I look in the mirror and like what I see…but I expect that as I get older, a whole new set of challenges lie ahead in what the mirror will show. I want to rejoice in the person God has made me to be – both on the inside and the outside.
I remember a dressmaker friend of mine who told me she had overheard someone in one of her wedding dress creations looking in the mirror making ‘urgh’ noises and how she’d realised at that moment how God felt when we made similar noises when looking at something He’d created in the mirror. We are all so unique and God has put beauty in all of us….let’s help each other to see that beauty and celebrate it.
So – girlfriends – I pray this video helps break the pressure you feel when you look at a billboard or watch too much MTV … and may you look in a miror today and rejoice in the beauty God has given you…
December 11th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Loved the wedding dress analogy..please share that in a talk sometime..saw you were filling out applications for something..will you email me and let me in on what you’re up to?