Our Girls

The commercial

Yesterday, my boss at RBI was watching television. We were sitting there, when this commercial above came on. As I watched it, all I could feel was sadness. This is what we've lowered our girls to? This is the only thing that our girls are good for? Impressing boys who will never treat them the way they should be treated?

Even the Christians do it. I've noticed that we spend so much time on what we wear, how our hair looks, what our make-up is like, that we don't even give ourselves a real chance. Our hearts are so ready to be loved now, by anyone who comes around, that we're not willing to wait for true love. Women are so easily led astray by the things of this world, because we believe we have to be something we're not meant to be.

I am treated like a strange person because I don't care how I appear to other people. Some days, I will let my girly, worldy side get to me, and I'll dress up. Most of the time though, you will see me in stained jeans and a random t-shirt. My hair is cut short so I don't have to mess with it. I refuse to wear make-up. I can't walk in high heels because I've never practiced.

I watch television, and know that I'm against the norm, but I believe that this is how God wants me. He see me as me, and El-Roi is not impressed by make-up, a complex up-do, or pretty clothes. He is impressed by my heart. I want to impress Him, and the only way that I can do that is by following His word and living by His love.

Not only that, we seek love in places that will leave us empty. We want boys to notice us. We want to have a boyfriend, because that's the only way to be accepted. If you don't have a boyfriend, then you are a loser. The only place you can find acceptance is in the eyes of a male.

That's wrong.

I do not want a boyfriend, I want a husband. And I have one. His name is Jesus, and He loves me more than  anything in this world. He loves me more then the sun and the stars. He loves me more than even He can describe, and He's pretty good at description. He love me. And that's all I need.

In all honesty, I have this feeling that I'll never get married. Unless God says, "This man is the one I've chosen", then I'll never marry. Which is fine with me. Marriage is good, it comes from God, but it's not everything we should look for in life. We are meant for so much more.

Paul says that it is better to stay single like him. We can focus on God more when we don't have a  man to worry about. And that should be our main focus. God. He should be everything in our life.

I fear for our youth. They are pulled away every day by the world. Our churches are trying, but it's hard because the world has so much in their lives. Church is only a few hours, two days a week, if that. The world has them for all the rest of the time. So it shouldn't be the work of the church. It should be the work of parents. It should be the work of every female influence in a girl's life. We should be the example we want our daughters to follow. We should tell them the sins that we committed in the past, show them the consequences of those sins, and guide them on the right path. We should start now, while they are still young.

Be careful of what your young children watch. Disney is fun, but so often the "princesses" only find their happy ending in a husband.  Be careful of what goes into their head. Make sure that they know that God is only man they need to impress.

He's the only person I work to acceptance in.