The Beautiful Equation

When you stand in front of the mirror, is your automatic response, "BEAUTIFUL!" Who defines your beauty? Today I talked with forty middle school girls about beauty. Here is what they said.

• Guys try to define our beauty. They think beauty is about our boobs, our butts, and our size.


• Magazines and media try to characterize our beauty. They say skinny and pretty is where it's at & beauty is only skin deep.


• The retail industry dictates beauty by mascara, lipgloss, Abercrombie, and Coach.


• Friends define beauty by the way you look, dress, and popularity.

What do we do when we can't become this beauty? Give up? Hate ourselves? Stop eating or throw-up? Settle for mediocrity? Try to be someone else?



There is one final option. Choose not to conform to the beauty of the world & be transformed by changing your definition of beauty. (Romans 12:2)



1 Peter 3:3-4 says, "Your beauty shouldn't come from outward adornment, like braided hair, wearing gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead it should be that of your inner self."



God's view of beauty is in complete and total opposition of the world's! True beauty comes from inside. Real beauty is loving God with all your heart, being kind to the weak, speaking gently to your family, having patience in the car, being self-controlled when you want to pound someone or yell and scream, showing compassion for the hurting, listening when someone is in need, sharing wholesome fun times with friends and family, reaching out to a neighbor.



Real beauty is actually a reflection of God! It's like a math equation.

a + b = c

God is beautiful. I am created in the image of God. I am beautiful.

Psalm 27:4 Genesis 1:27



Next time you stand in front of the mirror, your automatic response should be, "BEAUTIFUL!" Why? Not because of anything we have done but because we are simply a reflection of the one who made and loves us.