Something i wrote a while ago that i think needs to be heard again…
Men as a woman, as your sister in Christ, as a friend; I challenge you today PLEASE affirm women with RESPECT and genuine love. Tell them their worth. Show them what it means to be beautiful INSIDE instead of focusing on this shell of a body. Encourage them and build them up into beautiful Castles; not glass shacks. Your words can sting our hearts, your hands can damage our bodies, your tainted motives can bring us into disaster. I urge you to be MEN and not boys. To man-up to the call God has placed in your life, to be masculine and an imitator of Jesus Christ. When you respond to women as Christ responded to the church; we will in turn give you the respect, love, and affirmation you so deeply crave. I love each one of you, but please hear me when i say that thois world is in desperate need of Godly men who stick to Scripture and to their word. Man-up. When you take that step many men will see that example and follow. You will also be surprised at how many women will applaud your goal to be more like Christ. Women are in NO WAY perfect; there are many things that we must evaluate in ourselves as well. Know that this is not a “male bashing moment” or anything of the sort, but i love you enough to say it. I love you enough to call you out on it. “According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, more than 36,800 cosmetic surgery procedures were performed on Americans 18 and under last year. News stories reveal that many teens are now asking for breast implants–a 24 percent increase since 2002–as a Sweet 16 or high school graduation present.” — This is quite possibly the saddest thing i’ve heard in a while. It breaks my heart that so many BEAUTIFUL young girls do not see themselves the way God sees them, absolutely priceless. Girls are rubies and beautiful gems, NOT empty bodies to be cut open and filled with garbage and lies. That is exactly what is going on here. Girls are being torn open by the media, hurtful words, messed up role-models, neglective fathers/mothers, etc and then seeing the only solution is to change themselves physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually to become what the world deems as desirable. Girls, you are lovely, gorgeous, irreplaceable, incredible, desirable, and designed to be encouraged and poured into. The ONLY thing/person that can fulfill that is Jesus Christ. NOT: boys, alcohol, sex, tv, internet, facebook, make-up, plastic surgery, friends, etc.
