Everyone is Beautiful. Walking through
one of the bars in Malaysia, my mind was instantly scattered with every thought.
I was frustrated and annoyed. Annoyed at the fact that it was easy for men to
go into the bar and take home any lady for the night. And those men felt they had a right to give a
slap or a kiss to any lady walking past, and with that get her in his arms. The
married men sat in shame as they held other women’s hands. There were
men, fifty to eighty years old, taking twenty year old women home. What are
they thinking? The women dress to
impress because it is their bodies, they think, that make them attractive or
desirable. How could this be? “The Lord
does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7). The women need to be loved
for their heart and the way God created them. Do they know their is hope? or are they
stuck in this world? I wondered why each person was in that room that night? I
do not know the answers, but what I do
know is that my job is to LOVE! Jesus says, ” My Command is this: Love each other as I have loved” ( John15: 12)
one of the bars in Malaysia, my mind was instantly scattered with every thought.
I was frustrated and annoyed. Annoyed at the fact that it was easy for men to
go into the bar and take home any lady for the night. And those men felt they had a right to give a
slap or a kiss to any lady walking past, and with that get her in his arms. The
married men sat in shame as they held other women’s hands. There were
men, fifty to eighty years old, taking twenty year old women home. What are
they thinking? The women dress to
impress because it is their bodies, they think, that make them attractive or
desirable. How could this be? “The Lord
does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7). The women need to be loved
for their heart and the way God created them. Do they know their is hope? or are they
stuck in this world? I wondered why each person was in that room that night? I
do not know the answers, but what I do
know is that my job is to LOVE! Jesus says, ” My Command is this: Love each other as I have loved” ( John15: 12)As we walked through the mall the next day, I saw a sign
that said “everyone is beautiful”. God
loves us and declares we are beautiful, “He has made everything beautiful in
its time” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). We are made in His image; He knitted us
perfectly in His hands (Psalms 139:13) and created us in His likenesses (Genesis
1:26-27). “God saw what He had made and it was good” (Genesis 1:31). God says I
am beautiful, my team is beautiful, the women and men in the bars are beautiful,
and everyone is beautiful and good because we were created by Him. My prayer is
to see through the eyes of the Lord each day- to see the beauty in each person even when
it is hard to see that.
that said “everyone is beautiful”. God
loves us and declares we are beautiful, “He has made everything beautiful in
its time” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). We are made in His image; He knitted us
perfectly in His hands (Psalms 139:13) and created us in His likenesses (Genesis
1:26-27). “God saw what He had made and it was good” (Genesis 1:31). God says I
am beautiful, my team is beautiful, the women and men in the bars are beautiful,
and everyone is beautiful and good because we were created by Him. My prayer is
to see through the eyes of the Lord each day- to see the beauty in each person even when
it is hard to see that.
Please be lifting our squad up in your prayers as we soon
enter Thailand and enter the bars to minister to ladies. Pray we can shed the
light and hope of Christ. I observed just
a glimpse of what is about to happen in Thailand and it is hope and true
love that need to be brought to these worldly places. 
Do not let your heart envy worldly pleasures, but
ALWAYS be zealous for the fear of the Lord
ALWAYS be zealous for the fear of the Lord
(Proverbs 23:17)
