As I went out today it was the first time in a long time I didn't wear make up in public.As soon as I pulled out of the driveway I became so insecure thinking people would look at me differently. I thought people would judge me because I wasn't wearing make up. You may think that is the silliest thing to think but, I sometimes think as Christians we may trust in God but we still find things to hide behind so we don't have to face stuff when we get scared. For me, I know sometimes I tend to hide behind make up to make me feel like I'm somewhat of a "better person." It may sound silly but it's something that I know personally I've been working on. It's not a big deal, but some people struggle with bigger things than make up to hide their pain in life and they let certain things define how they live their lives. For instance, for me it's make up, but for you it could be music, your car, wardrobe, the movies you watch, the places you hang out, the friends you have. Any of these can be something someone tries to hide behind.
As I was driving home after going to work for awhile then going shopping a song came on my Ipad and it was called Idenity by Lecrae. The lyrics hit me today and it made me look at how this society is now a days.
The verse that hit me in this song was the verse about the girl and how she sees herself. Here are the lyrics.
Got her hair done, toes, nails
Is that Her, well it's hard to tell
Cause she's so caked up in all that make up
It's like she tryna make up for what she ain't but,
She's a saint, but so confused
Cause she's been rejected by all these dudes
That tell her on a scale of 10 she's a two
But that ain't true
If she only knew
In Christ she is loved, she secure and accepted
Never be rejected by God whose elected her
Her beauty is her Godliness
And she ain't gotta flaunt it cause it's obvious
Identity is found in the God we trust
And any other identity will self destruct
Identity is found in the God we trust
And any other identity will self destruct
This almost brought me to tears to think about this. I've looked at myself as that girl so many times, I'm a lot better than I've been, but something I've noticed lately is that I've had a lot of younger girls looking up to me to help them make the next steps in life and girls who just need someone who will be there for them. When I look at those lyrics and see how some of that screams me in so many ways I stopped and thought I don't want those girls to end up like that. I know for a fact my identity is found in Christ. I wish more girls saw themselves like that. If we try to set our own standards of identity other than Christ than we won't make it.
God made each person special in their own way whether they see it or not. You can't get up the morning expecting that everything is going to go perfect if you don't start the morning with the only person who is perfect which is God. If you get up and ask God to show you all the good you can find in the day, I promise you things will change. Who cares what the world thinks of you? God thinks you're wonderful in every way just the way you are. Don't try to change the creation he's made you in.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5
