Newsletter article

So theres this newsletter that's going around to all the SoCal Church of Christ college groups, and my friend asked me to write an article for the womens only section. So I did....and here it is :)

The “Foundation” of Confidence
By Sarah Beth Hall

My friend Carrenia and I decided to go a week without wearing makeup. It is harder than it sounds, really! We decided this because we needed to remind ourselves that our beauty is on the inside, and not on the outside. Our beauty comes from our heavenly Father, and that is what is important. Psalm 139:14 says “I will praise you, because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know [this] very well.”
Today’s society, whether it be television, or magazines, tells us women that we should “wear this makeup and it will make you look ten years younger”; or “use this foundation, it will cover all your blemishes!” Not that there is anything wrong with wanting to look nice, mind you; but that we get so caught up in “improving” ourselves, that we lose sight of the important fact. Genesis 9:6 says that God made man in His image. My own personal translation on that is “God doesn’t make ugly things.” God doesn’t mess up. Why would I try to perfect something that the very Creator of life Himself has created? This week without makeup will be a growing week for me. It is going to push me to realize that my beauty doesn’t come in the form of perfectly lined eyes; it comes from my Almighty God who created me in His image.
I want to end this article with one of my favorite verses in the Bible. Proverbs 31:30 “Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD will be praised.”