Society has defined a woman's beauty by her facial features, fashion sense, and of course, her weight. Skinny women are complimented while "fat" women are reprimanded for not following society's standards. Whose to say what's pretty and what's not? The same people that rate the "Most Attractive People of This Year" and release pictures of both men and women half-dressed? I think it's inappropriate and degrading to everyone. Why do some people think they have the right to set the standards of what's beautiful for the 7 billion people on the planet? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but it becomes a problem when people try forcing their ideas on others.
Just look at how society has changed. A few decades ago women were trying to gain weight because that was considered beautiful. A few centuries ago women with full figures were admired because it was a sign of wealth and financial stability. Now, women starve themselves to match what society says is beautiful. I see pictures all the time of supermodel women who are nothing but skin and bones. Their ribcages are prominent yet the press calls them beautiful and healthy. That's not healthy. I find it mind-boggling how people can look at an animal with its ribcage showing through and they call it starving and pitiful but when a ribcage shows on a woman it's called beauty. It's sick!
You are trying to tell me that just because I weigh more than that supermodel I'm ugly? That I'll never find a man who loves me because I'm what you call fat? Let's sort this out right now.
Being healthy and being skinny are two completely things. Being healthy means you treat your body right: you exercise and eat right. That doesn't mean your body is going to be skinny. If you are a healthy weight, why should it matter if you have a flat stomach or that your thighs don't touch? If you are healthy and your thighs touch, no problem! If you are really skinny but you are considered a healthy weight, no problem either! Everyone's body is different. Some people are a healthy weight but it shows. Others are a healthy weight and they are skinny. See, it's one thing to want to be healthy. Personally, I don't want to be really skinny, I want to be really healthy. If being healthy means my thighs still touch, I'm okay with that. My body is a temple unto the Lord, therefore I need to care for it. He made me in His image. He made every single human in His image. We are all beautiful to God, and that is all that matters. If I know that no one on earth finds me physically attractive but my Heavenly Father loves me for who I am, I would be perfectly happy. God is the only one I need to please, not society. Not the boys who called me fat. God told me I am beautiful. God says we are all beautiful.
"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14
So remember, no matter what anyone says, there could never be a more beautiful you. No amount of make-up or starvation could change that. God will always love you for who you are, not for your looks. You are beautiful in His eyes, and that is all that matters.
If you are ever feeling down about your looks, go listen to one of my favorite songs by Jonny Diaz: More Beautiful You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ks3R2BwyO0
Thanks for reading!
Sarah Beth
Philippians 1:20-21
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