where has beautiful gone?

the line between sexy and trashy has been blurred.

the more skin a girl shows, in her mind, makes her the sexiest girl in the room and the most desired.

the one that guys will fall in love with and dream about marrying. the one who will have guys falling at her feet at the sound of her voice. 

and so the skirts get hiked higher and tighter, the corset tops push up the breasts beyond boundaries, and make up is worn more fiercely.

and don't you dare forget to strut. moving your hips from side to side making your rear the attraction that sends all men into hypnosis. 

this is what the definition of a beautiful woman has come to, in our younger generation. 

and these young girls hold on to that belief like their life, truly believing that unless they follow these trends, they won't be viewed as beautiful. 

oh don't they know who they are and by whom they were created?

sadly, many don't.
many haven't been told. many haven't been held by their mom or dad and heard the words, 'you're beautiful.'
many have been ignored and neglected by their father who should be the first man to love them with all his heart.
many run around desperately crying for attention and allow the first guy to tell them the words they want to hear, 'prove' his love with sex. which results in heartbreak, loneliness, and maybe a pregnancy...
which for many will be terminated.
the word beautiful no longer carries the same meaning.
no longer the way the Lord sees beautiful. as something valuable, something worth cherishing, something worth waiting for.
He sees each girl as the ruby far its own worth, a princess who truly deserves a princes who will fight and deeply love them.
He sees beautiful as the apple of His eye.

my heart, ever since having a little girl and watching her grow up, yearns to make a movement, an example for girls to take back that word beautiful and understand that each one of them is just that.
beautiful in God's eyes. beautiful in every aspect, worthy of being cherished.

because every single girl deserves to know this. (more on what i'll be doing on this tomorrow.) 

what are your thoughts on beauty?

xoxo leah 

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