This one is for the girls

The title of this blog is a line of from my most favorite song. "Beautiful"- Bethany Dillion. That song finally put into words how I have felt from the day I turned 13. I shall now type the lyrics..and then write something thought-provoking about them.

"Beautiful"
I was so unique
Now I feel skin deep
I count on the make-up to cover it all
Crying myself to sleep cause I cannot keep their attention
I thought I could be strong
But it's killing me

Does someone hear my cry?
I'm dying for new life

[Chorus]
I want to be beautiful
Make you stand in awe
Look inside my heart, and be amazed
I want to hear you say
Who I am is quite enough
Just want to be worthy of love
And beautiful

Sometimes I wish I was someone other than me
Fighting to make the mirror happy
Trying to find whatever is missing
Won't you help me back to glory

[Chorus]
You make me beautiful
You make me stand in awe
You step inside my heart, and I am amazed
I love to hear You say Who I am is quite enough
You make me worthy of love
and beautiful

*Tear* I'm quite sure all you girls out there are sniffling and dabbing your eyes with a kleenex. It's never easy being a girl, I can say with 100% certainty that every girl I have ever known has struggled with some sort of self-image issue. And at times I wonder "How can a girl not?" With perfect models in the magazines, singers with abs so tight you could bounce a quarter off 'em, and guys who seem to see nothing but the way you look, how can it not hurt? Nobody looks perfect, and I know, I know, it is air-brushed but, it's so hard at times. To feel less than beautiful...at times to feel downright...ugly. What a girl wants most is to know she is worthy of love. She is somebody. That she is beautiful. So, if there are any guys reading this..please, let us know that.

How does a girl go on in the face of a standard of perfection she can never reach? Well, I have yet to discover the perfect formula. I still struggle, I still have those days when I wake up and think "I'm not eating anything", where I put on so much make-up that you need paint stripper to get it all off. But as the last set of lyrics says, Jesus is a big part of winning this battle. He is the guy who tells us we are worthy, and beautiful. *Sigh* My Prince Charming...Jesus.
Guess what I'm saying is..it's not worth it to starve ourselves, to blow all our cash on cosmetics, and to hurt inside over it. I doubt anyonewill ever read this but...for what it's worth, Jesus thinks you're beautiful.

Not too Preachy, Emily