Surviving Lent
Wow. I meant to put this up a long time ago, but I've been so so busy that I haven't had much time to write. As most of you know, I gave up makeup for Lent. Over 40 days without makeup!!! To me, Lent is about losing bad habits and begining good ones. You're probably thinking how is makeup a bad habit? Well here's my story.
Makeup is something used to make you look prettier. Which can be a good thing, if thought of in a good way. Many girls in today's society use makeup as a "cover up". Girls feel they are not pretty enough, hate the way they look, or don't like a certain flaw they have. Makeup is used as a way to cover your flaws for the world to see until you get home and uncover reality. Society has stuck this idea of beauty in our heads. Tall, Skinny, Pretty Face, Pretty Hair, Pretty Clothes. Females practically kill themselves daily trying to reach this idea of "perfection".
What I want to know is who decide that this idea of a women is perfect? Why are the skinny girls better than the bigger girls? Why are the tall girls better than the short girls? Why are people who have money to buy nice things better than the ones who do everything they can to get all that they can? I feel like society has this idea that everything you want is just handed to you, when really it's not. There are people out there struggling to survive. As I am writing this sentence, someone in the world is dying! Society expects us to think only of ourselves and how we look and how other people think of us. But none of that matters! You can look like you just rolled out of bed to go save a life. You dont have to wear stilettos, a little black dress, big hair, and a full face of makeup to make a difference in the world!
The point of my Lent was to learn to love myself. And that's exactly what I did. Each and every one of us is God's masterpiece. When you walk into an art museum, you aren't going to cover up the paintings, so why cover up your faces with makeup? God made you beautiful. There is no need to cover anything up.
"For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."
-Ephesians 2:10
"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, 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."
-1 Peter 3:3-4
What I want to know is who decide that this idea of a women is perfect? Why are the skinny girls better than the bigger girls? Why are the tall girls better than the short girls? Why are people who have money to buy nice things better than the ones who do everything they can to get all that they can? I feel like society has this idea that everything you want is just handed to you, when really it's not. There are people out there struggling to survive. As I am writing this sentence, someone in the world is dying! Society expects us to think only of ourselves and how we look and how other people think of us. But none of that matters! You can look like you just rolled out of bed to go save a life. You dont have to wear stilettos, a little black dress, big hair, and a full face of makeup to make a difference in the world!
The point of my Lent was to learn to love myself. And that's exactly what I did. Each and every one of us is God's masterpiece. When you walk into an art museum, you aren't going to cover up the paintings, so why cover up your faces with makeup? God made you beautiful. There is no need to cover anything up.
"For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."
-Ephesians 2:10
"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, 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."
-1 Peter 3:3-4
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