We All Have the Right To Be Beautiful

Earlier today I heard an commercial on the radio about a website called "Doctorssayyes.com". There was a quote that really struck a chord with me. "We all have the right to be beautiful" To a Christian, that quote should bother us in many ways. It says to me, "God can make mistakes, and if He has done so with your looks, we're here to fix it." It says, "No one has the right to tell me how I should look. That is my prerogative as a human." It says, "My looks are everything that I am. I must speak loudly with my looks. There's nothing else to me." It says, "I was born in this world for it to be all about me."

Oh, I could go on and on with the interpretations, but I think you get my drift. That whole commercial just made me sad. In Psalms 39:11, it says, " When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor." Physical beauty is just that: temporal and fading.

Psalms 49:10-14 says, This is the way of those who are foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah
Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling. People spent thousands and thousands of dollars in the hope that they will receive approval, notice, and renown by their physical features. And then....one day, the results (temporal beauty) goes in the grave with them.

Now, I am a woman and I like beautiful things as much as other women. Admittedly, there are times when "things" (beauty) pulls me to dwell on what might not necessarily be good for me or for my spiritual growth. Our Western society has gone wild with the beauty craze making cosmetology scream into millions earned in revenue! It's heady to watch commercials or scan magazines day after day and read (or see) the promises to make us youthful, more alluring, more beautiful!

But to the very depths of my soul, I choose to believe and embrace that I am fearfully and wonderfully (perfectly) made by my Heavenly Father. He makes no mistakes in His creation. My flat feet and crooked smile are not imperfections to anyone except this society. I am beautiful to Him who made me and gave His life to redeem me.

Honestly, in my opinion, we have no rights of our own. We were bought with a price and in that - I choose to find beauty! Everlasting beauty!