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How Can I Be Happy if I’m Not Good-Looking?
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When I wasn’t pining for plastic surgery, I was obsessed with losing weight. I repeatedly vowed to eat less, but was trapped in a vicious cycle of failure and self-loathing. Defeated by my failed attempts, I would think: What hope is there for someone like me, with neither great wealth nor remarkable beauty, to attain happiness?
Transformational Truths To Chew On
It could start off as a “control” thing. But at some point, it takes over and controls you instead (Prov 14:12). Your thoughts get clouded and you start believing all the hurtful and negative things you’ve heard yourself or others say.
Beauty bag must-haves for believers
Is your toiletry bag clogged with beauty and grooming products that have significantly failed to deliver? The serum gave you an outbreak, the bold lipstick promising 24-hour color flaked within seconds, and the body cleanser smelt like a toilet freshener. You’ve shelled out good money for them too, and you’re now left wondering, “I just want to look and smell good, why’s that so hard?”
Editor’s Picks: Best of What Makes You Beautiful
Try as we might to stop it, modern society’s ever-changing standards of beauty seem to constantly creep into our thinking and impression of our self-worth. But God, as our creator, designed each of us exactly the way that we are, with great intention.
What do we do when we struggle to like how He’s made us?
Beauty From Ashes
Title: Beauty From Ashes
Materials: Hand-lettering and photography
Artwork…
The Beauty of Broken
Most of us don’t want to talk about the not-so-pretty stuff of life. We’d rather focus on loveliness. Hued sunsets. Bursting flowers. Downy ducklings and fluffy lambs.
What if God Made Me Pretty?
I am short, stocky, and average-looking. When I was growing up, people used to comment about how flat my nose was. A friend even told me that my nose looked like it had been hit by something.
Beauty in God’s Eyes
Title: Beauty in God's Eyes
Materials: Calligraphy with lipstick
Description: Through…
Healing Through Brutality
Title: Healing Through Brutality
Materials: Mixed media installation
Description: It…