| UNBOUNDED JOY Issue 2 HELLO GORGEOUS! |
I think every one of us has thumbed through a magazine and stopped to look at a particularly
beautiful woman on the page. We scrutinize her hair, face, skin, and clothes. We may even check
out what the page is selling – then *sigh* because we could never afford it.
If it were possible, I would demand that fashion magazines hold fast to truth in advertising.
Unfortunately, it just isn’t happening.
It was the Dove company (http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com) (wait a second for the video
to start) that showed an ordinary looking woman in a before and after advertising campaign. It was
an astonishing thing to see and realize that beauty can be distorted. Check it out. It’s fascinating!
More than ever, advertising, movies, reality television, movie videos, etc., scream that we must look
a certain way in order to be perceived as beautiful. This has led record numbers of women into
plastic surgeon offices to change how they look. In teenagers, breast implants and lipo-suction are
now bestowed by parents as graduation or birthday gifts .
From 2002 to 2003, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of
girls 18 and younger who got breast implants nearly tripled, from 3,872 to 11,326. Among all age
groups, cosmetic implants have skyrocketed in popularity, according to the American Society of
Plastic Surgeons. In 2004, according to the ASPS, about 247,000 women got implants for
augmentation, compared with 32,000 in 1992. This is 3 years ago. I’m sure the numbers have
grown.
Some patients undergo multiple operations, acquiring smaller noses and bigger breasts, or have a
tummy tuck or lipo-suction. Other procedures that have become more popular among teenagers
chin implants, which are sometimes performed at the same time as nose jobs.
With those sort of growing statistics and readily available “buy now, pay later” options, women are
changing what they look like on the outside at an alarming rate. Problem is, if they aren’t happy
with who they are on the inside, satisfaction with changes to the outside will be temporary.
While there is nothing wrong with changing our looks, the reasoning behind that change needs to
be a healthy one. It is vital to base your self esteem on something worthwhile and unchanging.
Unlike the beauty industry, God will never change and what He thinks of you will never change. He
thinks you are a good thing! According to the bible, everything He made (including us) was very
good.
We are the apple of His eye. We are valuable and precious to Him just the way we are and that will
never change. He loves us unconditionally and that will never change.
Today, I want you to look yourself in the mirror and say, “Hello Gorgeous!” Sure, you might snicker
at yourself but that’s OK. Get used to looking in that mirror and liking what you see. Don’t nitpick
for one day – just look and say what I told you to say. You are gorgeous in many, many ways!
See you next time gorgeous! Follow your UNBOUNDED JOY!
Nan
Unbounded Copyright © 2009 Nan C Loyd
Anointed Word Ministries
All rights reserved. Used by permission
beautiful woman on the page. We scrutinize her hair, face, skin, and clothes. We may even check
out what the page is selling – then *sigh* because we could never afford it.
If it were possible, I would demand that fashion magazines hold fast to truth in advertising.
Unfortunately, it just isn’t happening.
It was the Dove company (http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com) (wait a second for the video
to start) that showed an ordinary looking woman in a before and after advertising campaign. It was
an astonishing thing to see and realize that beauty can be distorted. Check it out. It’s fascinating!
More than ever, advertising, movies, reality television, movie videos, etc., scream that we must look
a certain way in order to be perceived as beautiful. This has led record numbers of women into
plastic surgeon offices to change how they look. In teenagers, breast implants and lipo-suction are
now bestowed by parents as graduation or birthday gifts .
From 2002 to 2003, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of
girls 18 and younger who got breast implants nearly tripled, from 3,872 to 11,326. Among all age
groups, cosmetic implants have skyrocketed in popularity, according to the American Society of
Plastic Surgeons. In 2004, according to the ASPS, about 247,000 women got implants for
augmentation, compared with 32,000 in 1992. This is 3 years ago. I’m sure the numbers have
grown.
Some patients undergo multiple operations, acquiring smaller noses and bigger breasts, or have a
tummy tuck or lipo-suction. Other procedures that have become more popular among teenagers
chin implants, which are sometimes performed at the same time as nose jobs.
With those sort of growing statistics and readily available “buy now, pay later” options, women are
changing what they look like on the outside at an alarming rate. Problem is, if they aren’t happy
with who they are on the inside, satisfaction with changes to the outside will be temporary.
While there is nothing wrong with changing our looks, the reasoning behind that change needs to
be a healthy one. It is vital to base your self esteem on something worthwhile and unchanging.
Unlike the beauty industry, God will never change and what He thinks of you will never change. He
thinks you are a good thing! According to the bible, everything He made (including us) was very
good.
We are the apple of His eye. We are valuable and precious to Him just the way we are and that will
never change. He loves us unconditionally and that will never change.
Today, I want you to look yourself in the mirror and say, “Hello Gorgeous!” Sure, you might snicker
at yourself but that’s OK. Get used to looking in that mirror and liking what you see. Don’t nitpick
for one day – just look and say what I told you to say. You are gorgeous in many, many ways!
See you next time gorgeous! Follow your UNBOUNDED JOY!
Nan
Unbounded Copyright © 2009 Nan C Loyd
Anointed Word Ministries
All rights reserved. Used by permission
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