For the past week or so my heart has been burning with pain and frustration for this generation.
For those that know me well, know when i speak about something it is normally a burden that has been on my heart for a while. Well it's one of those times where another burden that has been on my heart for years is burning deep again.
This weekend i went shopping with my aunt and in her bathroom was the picture on the wall a norman rockwell painting
This painting grieved my heart becuase it is truth to so many girls today. And of course it hits home personally to my heart and my own story. so many girls today look at themselves in the mirror, stare at a "Fake" model in the magazine and buy into the lie that this is the way you are to act,live,and look. And that is where the lie begins by the first stare at that "fake" model and the cycle of destruction starts. Last year i had the opportunity to see one of my dreams come to reality, "The one day girl" Conference. A conference where we showed girls that as women of God we can take the lies the enemy has places into our hearts and give them God in exchange for the truth! During the months of preperation that went into this conference, my heart was put to the test every day...every lie that i ever believed , every issue i ever dealt with , every thought i ever had against what God created in me came up. During this time i remmeber saying God what is going on with me , why am i an emothional wreck one minute and fine the next. God was stretching me and showing me that I myself still held on to things and he was ready to take them over, and he did.... (What does this have to with this blog? Nothing really, except to show that i am human and i have moments just like every other girl). When this conference started the burden got deeper and deeper in my heart. I hate seeing girls walk around tangled in lies and bondages, when i know they can be set free.This picture reminded me of every conversation i have ever had with girls and the lies that they are tourmented with daily.... and then i remembered those revelation moments in my own life and in others. I know for a fact if we would begin speaking the truth over God in place of believing these lies we would change the world!Whatever happened to taking your eyes off of the mirror and looking to the Bible for the answers....God does not desire us as women of God to daily critique and fret over who we are not and what we do not look like. There is more to life then worrying daily about these things... God created us the way HE desired......everything from our smile, hair, quirks, feet and laugh...He made them the way HE desired. Sometimes i know when these things creep up in life it's hard to step away from the mirror and look at God for the truth...becuase we are human and we want to solve it whether that means loosing 10 lbs or changing our hair color or acting a different way. But when we begin to stop looking at the mirror and buy into the truth of God we will change not only our lives but the lives of those surrounding us! My heart has been burning with this daily! I know this generation is full of the lies of this is how you are to act and look ...be loud and bold no matter what, wear whatever you want in order to express your idenity even if it goes against God's standards.... Talk and joke about whatever you want as long as you fit in to the "popular"crowd, Give up your virginity because it means nothing anyways and sex equals acceptance and love! These are all lies... All that matters is what does God want, what does God desire....... sometimes i just wish girls would get this, women of God( including myself) would get this... the enemy knows our weaknesses and unfourtunately this is a BIG weakness in a lot of lives... But when we begin to shine the truth of God on these lies they will die and be replaced with the truth of God!!Let's change our perspective and allow God's light to shine on the areas in our lives that do not line up with His truth!
