What does it mean to redefine beauty?
Simply put, to redefine is to reexamine or reevaluate especially with a view to change (Merriam-Webster).
Sometimes, I can hardly fathom the task at which I have been assigned by my Heavenly Father. To redefine the deeply engraved and unrealistic standards of beauty our culture so strongly adheres feels quite overwhelming. It is unlikely that one measly human being can accomplish such a daunting responsibility.
That is the beauty of it all. I, alone, can advocate for change by blogging and picketing if I chose to do so, but my endless efforts would be but a wisp of breath carried away in the obnoxious roar of reality television, celebrity gossip, presidential debates and the like. It is by God's grace I am saved and by his provision and guiding hand that a single young woman will learn to cherish life as a personally planned adventure from God and cease to waste her days afraid to eat or hide away shamefully after binging.
I am one person, ordinary by my own efforts, able to accomplish the extraordinary because of who Christ is. I will not be afraid to live against the grain. I will not hide behind a pretty smile, suppressing my passion to share Truth.
The more I intimately know the King of the Universe, the more certain I am that a life with Christ is the only life. Nothing can or will separate me from Him (Rom 8:38-39). I am his chosen, his beloved girl.
Now, let's start redefining beauty.
You. Are. Beautiful.
Believe. It.
Until next time, life fully, love wholly, rejoice daily.
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