keep that vision from coming true tomorrow? Would you call your boss right away and ask what needs to be done? Would you kill the men who sabotaged your friends' hearts and lives? Would you tell the ladies in your life how much you love them, and remind them every day how gorgeous they are?
Don't leave the boardroom just yet. Return once more and you will see...
You're crazy mad, and ready to do what needs to be done. Another face pops up on the screen. You can't believe it. The face of the girl you see now is the girl you see every day in the mirror. There is an attack on every girl of this generation. Including you.
Unless you've been living in a cave for the past fifteen years of your life, or dwell on an Amish farm out in the hilly countryside, you've probably noticed the way in which the media has a special gift for making girls feel ugly and inadequate. We've all suffered through those nauseating T.V. advertisements in which an underwear model poses, pursing her pouty lips, as her hair blows wildly from a fan. After watching such ads I roll my eyes and try not to laugh. I mean, how lame do the marketers think that I am?! (It's like those drug advertisements that list the deadly side effects, such as hearing loss or your nose falling off, while they show happy old couples flying kites, and walking puppy dogs.)
I'm sure you've picked up on the trend in many teen magazines. The words on the glossy cover shout, “Boost Your Self-Confidence! Six Tips To Loving Yourself!” Yet by the time you flip to page ten, you've already seen a dozen perfect faces and bodies posing for makeup advertisements, which drained away all confidence you were hoping to get from their pep-talk article.
Every girl has noticed what's going on. We're not immune to it. But have we ever recognized what's going on around us as a targeted attack on our beauty as females?
The opening scene in this article, where you imagined yourself to be a top-secret agent exposing a hidden scheme, isn't a fantasy action tale. It's a reality. This deadly terror attack isn't coming from the media, or the makeup marketers. Even though they profit greatly from our beauty insecurities, they didn't create this problem.
The sickening plot has been dreamt up, and skillfully executed by the enemy of our souls, Satan. He has always hated girls. Ever since the Garden of Eden, he has been attacking Eve and his daughters with lies that spew like fire out of his dragon mouth.
The purpose of this disgusting scheme is to convince God's chosen daughters that they are worthless. The familiar scenery of the hour we live in, the set on this stage, and the cast of characters in this story remind me of what unfolded in Esther's day. Esther’s story is a dramatic tale that all of us love. An ordinary, average, orphan girl was called to play a magnificent role in the Kingdom, and God used her to release her entire generation from destruction. Just like Esther you were called into the kingdom for such a time as this.
Girl, your adrenaline-pumping, high-action, story of greatness is unfolding. You living in the midst of this BEAUTY-saturated generation for a purpose, and that purpose is not to remain silent and be destroyed. There is no need for fear because we know how this story ends. The victory is not in jeopardy, it already belongs to Christ. He is calling you to walk with Him into this adventure.
Girl meets world...girl meets god.
In order to know what our battle plan of attack should be, we need to find out where this all started. Let's step into a Time Machine and zip back through the ages...all the way to the Garden of Eden. This is where the first woman believed a lie. This lie did not pertain to beauty, but it did promise a certain element of greatness. Satan said, “You will be like God!”
What Eve did not remember, or failed to embrace is that she was already made in God’s image. Why would she reach out for something that she already had? We must ask ourselves, why did Eve eat from that tree? Because she thought God was holding something back from her. Eve believed there was something GOOD or BETTER that she couldn't have.