MUGGED BY THE MIRROR (3 OF 8)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:7
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Mugged by the Mirror (3 of 8)
Series: The Great Escape
Joey Rodgers
1 Samuel 16:7
How beautiful does a person have to be to be happy? That is to say - How attractive do you have to be before you can feel good about yourself?
Sadly, I fear we live in a culture consumed w/ outer beauty. We're constantly judging people by how they look thinking the more beautiful we are the more acceptable we are - and the more likely we're to get married, hired, given a promotion, or just be accepted. I read this week of a women who said - ''Nobody noticed my accomplishments until I had cosmetic surgery. Now finally, after 30 surgeries, I'm getting the recognition I think I deserve.''
I think I'm in agreement w/ James Dobson who said - Beauty has become the gold coin of self-worth.
Let me ask - what do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see someone made in the image of God or in the image of Madison Ave/Rodeo Dr.?
I ask b/c by all accounts, we're consumed w/ our looks. According to the Association of Plastic Surgeons, 18 mil. Americans had some type of cosmetic procedure - w/ the vast majority (16.5 mil.) being women. Millions having procedures from breast augmentation to nose jobs to tummy tucks. In 2018, the #1 procedure was a Bo-tox injection (7+ mil).
Listen: In 2018, globally the beauty/cosmetic industry raked in $532 bil. w/ the avg. woman in the US spending $313 a mo. ($225k in her lifetime)
Point - we're a culture consumed w/ our appearance - and it has created a culture of vanity/inferiority.
We live in a plastic generation, engaged in plastic relationships, in plastic bodies, bought/owed w/ plastic cards - all b/c we want people to see us for who we aren't - b/c we fear they might not like/accept us if the saw us for who we really are.
Charm is deceptive and beauty fades, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30
God to Samuel about Eliab - Looks aren't everything. Don't be impressed w/ his looks/stature. I' ...
Series: The Great Escape
Joey Rodgers
1 Samuel 16:7
How beautiful does a person have to be to be happy? That is to say - How attractive do you have to be before you can feel good about yourself?
Sadly, I fear we live in a culture consumed w/ outer beauty. We're constantly judging people by how they look thinking the more beautiful we are the more acceptable we are - and the more likely we're to get married, hired, given a promotion, or just be accepted. I read this week of a women who said - ''Nobody noticed my accomplishments until I had cosmetic surgery. Now finally, after 30 surgeries, I'm getting the recognition I think I deserve.''
I think I'm in agreement w/ James Dobson who said - Beauty has become the gold coin of self-worth.
Let me ask - what do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see someone made in the image of God or in the image of Madison Ave/Rodeo Dr.?
I ask b/c by all accounts, we're consumed w/ our looks. According to the Association of Plastic Surgeons, 18 mil. Americans had some type of cosmetic procedure - w/ the vast majority (16.5 mil.) being women. Millions having procedures from breast augmentation to nose jobs to tummy tucks. In 2018, the #1 procedure was a Bo-tox injection (7+ mil).
Listen: In 2018, globally the beauty/cosmetic industry raked in $532 bil. w/ the avg. woman in the US spending $313 a mo. ($225k in her lifetime)
Point - we're a culture consumed w/ our appearance - and it has created a culture of vanity/inferiority.
We live in a plastic generation, engaged in plastic relationships, in plastic bodies, bought/owed w/ plastic cards - all b/c we want people to see us for who we aren't - b/c we fear they might not like/accept us if the saw us for who we really are.
Charm is deceptive and beauty fades, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30
God to Samuel about Eliab - Looks aren't everything. Don't be impressed w/ his looks/stature. I' ...
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