Our culture today is obsessed with achieving the perfect image – a flawless face, gorgeous locks of hair, the best clothes, and a perfectly shaped body. Some people work at it the hard way by starving themselves at dinner, killing themselves at the gym, gazing for hours into the mirror to paint their face to perfection, and spending big bucks at the beauty store on products to ensure that every hair is in place and it glistens in the sun and flows smoothly in the breeze. And what if all of that still doesn’t achieve the desired outcome? Well, no big deal! If all else fails, there is plastic surgery, professional salon treatments, and medical weight loss procedures to get just about everything repaired, right??? The truth is that men and women alike are going to extremes in attempt to imitate the latest Hollywood star, keep up with the most popular student at college, or gain the status of their good-looking coworker in the office.
Obviously, there is nothing wrong with wanting to look our best each and every day to respect ourselves and feel confident in who we are. After all, God made us, and he wants us to bring honor and glory to Him by presenting ourselves in a proper, well-kept fashion, right? I am in complete agreement that “if the barn needs painting, paint it!" Believe me, my barn definitely always needs painting in the morning :) But if we are constantly obsessing over our physical appearance then we are probably trying to paint ourselves and make ourselves fancy with the wrong kind of cosmetics and adornments.
Obviously, there is nothing wrong with wanting to look our best each and every day to respect ourselves and feel confident in who we are. After all, God made us, and he wants us to bring honor and glory to Him by presenting ourselves in a proper, well-kept fashion, right? I am in complete agreement that “if the barn needs painting, paint it!" Believe me, my barn definitely always needs painting in the morning :) But if we are constantly obsessing over our physical appearance then we are probably trying to paint ourselves and make ourselves fancy with the wrong kind of cosmetics and adornments.