Ladies, we need to talk. Woman-to-woman. Girl-to-girl.
My heart has been breaking lately. For you, for me and for all of us.
Women always seem to be defined by their beauty.
I was sitting at a Mary Kay party last night and I overheard some of the ladies saying they felt naked without makeup. I was sitting there thinking “I’m so glad I don’t think like that anymore.”
This morning, I started crying while watching a youtube video of this girl’s daily makeup routine to cover her cystic acne… Just so she would feel beautiful. My heart broke for her, and again I had the same thought of “I’m glad I don’t need makeup to feel beautiful.”
I just couldn't take it anymore.
All day, I’ve been trying to think of the right words to say to you all. When I started thinking of ways to tell you that you don’t need makeup to be beautiful, I realized that I still believe other lies about myself .
We have all been lied to:
Some of us believe we need makeup to be beautiful, or even worthy to be looked at.
It’s a lie
Some of us compare ourselves to other women because we think they are more beautiful than ourselves.
It’s a lie
Some of us hate our bodies.. in part or in whole.
It’s a lie
“My stomach is pudgy”
LIE
“I don’t have enough curves”
LIE
“I’m too curvy”
LIE
“I have man legs”
LIE
“I wish my eyes/hair/skin would have been a different color”
LIE
“I hate my curly/straight hair”
LIE
So many lies are thrown at us. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
We let society lie to us.
We lie to ourselves.
We have ALL allowed the enemy to whisper these lies to us in one way or another.
We listen to songs by boy bands that talk-sing about the girls who don’t know they’re beautiful, and think it’s sweet. (I seriously hate that song)
We compare ourselves to actresses, super models, our sisters, our friends and every other woman that we see… and all of these women compare themselves to someone else.
STOP IT!
I’m going to be honest. I am just as guilty as the rest of the female population. I believe the lies. I lie to myself saying that I don’t buy into all of this bull, but I am starting to see that I do. So I say this to you, along with myself.
YOU
ARE
BEAUTIFUL
Stop hating yourselves (Emma). Stop comparing yourself to other women (Emma). Stop listening to these lies (Emma)!
We are ALL unique creations. God created all of us individually. Stop trying to look like someone else. Start appreciating everything He did when He made you.
I know this hasn't been a spiritual, scripture-filled epiphany, but it needed to be said.
You are beautiful inside and out.
You are loved.
You are a unique creation.
It’s time we stop believing the lies and start thanking God for making each of us one-of-a-kind.
