Are you at peace with who you are? When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Who do you see? Are you happy with the way you look? Who you've become?
With our society today and the way women are expected to meet a certain criteria to be acceptable, we find many women insecure with themselves. I would venture to say that over 80% of girls and women don't like themselves. If you're not stick skinny with large breasts, you are "nothing". You just exist (blending in with everyone else) of not much value because of all your flaws. It is such a shame that it has come to this because we have a large group of sad women who are not feeling very good about who they are. And flipping the other side of the coin you have the "perfect looking" women who are miserable. They are constantly starving themselves, anorexic, bulemic, or popping some kind of diet pill so they won't want to eat. And of course, surgeries are necessary. Perfect breasts, hips, nose, and legs don't usually come naturally so surgery is a necessity.
How did it ever come to this? You find old men dating young girls and middle age women with not too many options. When is our society going to get back to reality? If we keep going down the path we are currently on, I don't think life is going to be much fun for anyone.
We need to teach our little girls how important they are while they are little (and little boys too). Teach them that "looking perfect" isn't achievable and it's ok to be who you are. Fathers need to quit being afraid to love their daughters. Holding, kissing, hugging and saying that their daughters are beautiful. We need to re-instate a Father and daughter's love. You see so many young girls dating old men and why would that be? Are they physically attracted to them? Probably not. Or could it be that they are looking for a father figure to love them? (but they confuse sex with love) They look for someone who is financially stable so they can feel safe and safe is where they should have been in their father's arms as a child.
You know were not going to be able to change the past as far as raising our children are concerned, but young families can start now and learn how to be affectionate with both boys and girls in the family. We need a lot of loving going on in our families today!
I understand the fears of child abuse and being afraid to touch, but it is easily identifiable the difference. I don't know about you, but I have always loved on my children and grand-children and everyone else's kids. I find it becomes infectious, the kids open up and tell me all types of things. They feel safe and secure with me and feel worthy of being cared about. They feel worthy of love. It pleases me when I hear the kids running towards me yelling my name and smiling because they know that I genuinely care about their lives and who they are only in a good way.
Let's try to change this scarey world of "no touch" "no compassion" and let's work on raising a new generation of safe and secure children. If you will have a new outlook and show love to the children, we may be able to help kids realize that they are important and that they are "perfect" in the shape, size, or disability they are.
God commands us to love one another as we love ourselves. But first, we need to learn to love ourselves better then pass it on to the children. Remember the bible story about Jesus saying to allow the children to come to Him? Why? He wanted to show them His love and their importance. Children didn't have a great importance in that day, but Jesus took time out of His busy schedule to spend some time with them. Matthew 19:l4,15 says. . .But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven." And He laid His hands on them and departed from there. NKJV
Let's take some time from our busy schedules. Turn off the computers, TV's, or whatever distractions you may have. Talk to and listen to what your children have to say. Quit yelling! Hold them in your arms, kiss on them, tell them how much you love them and that you are proud of who they are! I guarantee you, and I mean guarantee that if you are willing to do this, you will start to see a positive change in their lives. Don't forget to keep it up! Once is not going to be enough! It's going to be a new way of life. Maybe we're not so happy with who we see in the mirror because we aren't secure in our lives, bu we can help our children succeed in being secure in their future. And as they grow, you will feel security from them to you. If you're like me, their success is my success, and our success is God's success. Raise your kids in a loving christian home and it will be one christian family closer to a better world!
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