True Beauty and some....

Michael asked if I would help him research something for his paper. The topic was "effects of advertising on woman's self image." I began to look at different articles. There were alot of research papers that people just had posted on the web. I also remembered a Dove advertisement that I had seen that had alot to do with this. It was for the Real Beauty Campaign. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
It's called Dove Evolution. It is absolutely brilliant. When I first watched it I had no idea that that many edits were done to a picutre before its published into a magazine. Its like really. What can we even believe about what any of the media tells us.
I began to look more into some of the articles they had published there. One of the articles I read, stated a statistic that said that only 2% of women in the world are comfortable enough to consider themselves Beautiful. I was really shocked by that. I mean I know that alot of women have self-image issues but only 2% of the women in the world could actually say that they are beautiful. That has to change.
I believe the Lord is raising a generation of people that understand how the Lord is really moving. I just heard Paul Manwaring speak last night and he was talking about how the Lord is Moving. Technology is transforming and expanding every single day. You may get the newest computer and within less than a year its already out of date. The media has a way of exposing things that we don't need to know. They are very creative but many times give off the wrong side of the message. I would love to hear ALL positive thing in the news, then maybe it wouldn't be called news. Can you imagine if the media industry was all occupied by Kingdom People. What would THAT look like?? That would be amazing. That is where I think we are moving too. This generation is so hungry for the spirit and how the Lord moves. We will be the people that will be leading this nation not too far from now.
God is so good. He knows all the things there ever is to know. He loves us, and He gets so tickled when we discover things that He has put just out of reach for us. Like when the next invention is made. How incredible. He never grows tired of our excitement over new inventions and things like that.
You know another thing thats so amazing..... GET THIS! We are made in HIS image, right? okay, so We are all made in His image, BUT we are all different. God hasn't run out of ideas. He is so so so so so creative.
Another thing is that when we express ourselves we are expressing God! We have the infilling of the Holy Spirit in us, so whatever we do, we are brining Glory to HIM. Imagine watching the news and hearing testimonies of what the Lord is doing all over the world. That just blows my mind. I can't wait to see that.
In the meantime, Express yourself. Be who you ARE!
You are beautiful, handsome, fearless, patient, kind, loving, peaceful, Glorious, etc.
Don't forget it!
Go and spread glory wherever you go.