You'll get in trouble if you say she's beautiful! There was a big brouhaha awhile ago on the news about one of the dancing contestants on Dancing with the Stars {which I don't recommend watching} and one of the judges. After she was done dancing, apparently the judge said something like, "You're easy on the eyes." She is a beautiful woman. I could not figure out why this was such a BIG deal. Remember when that sportscaster noticed the girlfriend of one of the football players who was sitting in the stands and he made some remarks about how beautiful she was and got blasted for doing it? I couldn't understand that at all, either. I am reading a book and the author brings up the time President Obama made a remark about how good looking the attorney general was and the President had to apologize. WHAT is up with this? Men aren't allowed to comment on the beauty of a woman???
However, the author of this book I'm reading made this comment, "Noticing a woman's looks is sexist, as any good college-educated man knows." Oh, I get it now. Dennis Prager has commented that young adults go into Universities knowing there's a difference between male and female and graduate thinking that they are the same! Feminism has so blurred the lines of sexual identity that men are not supposed to notice or say anything about a beautiful women because it will be seen as sexist. This is disgusting!
The one woman whom the judge told was easy on the eyes, should have responded by saying, "Thank you!" This used to be a compliment given to women. Instead, she had interviews about how offensive this was and it should not be tolerated. What woman doesn't want to be told she's beautiful? This is a crazy society we are living in.
Supposedly, there are no distinctions between the sexes anymore. Yay! This has helped society become such a better place! NOT! How anyone can believe this shows me that they must be blinded by the enemy of their souls. God was very clear when giving the roles for male and female. Society works beautifully when they are followed and falls apart when they are not. The only thing women seem they can't do, as of today, is play some of the sports like NFL football.
As believers who are called to be salt and light, we MUST live out our God-given roles and shine light upon the darkness. This is our responsibility! Love being a woman, women. Treasure your role as a wife and mother or a godly single woman who shines the light of Jesus. No earthly way can come close to God's marvelous ways. By the way, I also think the woman in the picture is beautiful!
But from the beginning of the creation
God made them male and female.
Mark 10:6
Maria · 505 weeks ago
Beauty is also in the eyes of the beholder. A man might have a very plain wife, but she has the adornment of Proverbs 31 and that makes her beautiful.
I remember as a teenager preening in front of the mirror; my makeup had to be perfect, my clothes had to be the latest - probably beautiful on the outside and ugly on the inside.
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Lady Virtue · 505 weeks ago
Indeed, something would be amiss if a man DIDN'T notice a good-looking woman. That's simply how God made them. Nice post; keep 'em coming!
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Anonymous · 505 weeks ago
However, there's more to this 'being called beautiful' thing than you imagine. I understand where you're coming from, but it makes me feel very uncomfortable to be told I'm beautiful, or a looker, or the only reason my kids turned out good looking (while my husband stands by, being very good looking himself). And this is in church, repeatedly. Yes, there's outward beauty, but what about the sister-in-Christ close by that never gets told she's beautiful, but has an inward beauty that outshines everyone's in the room. What about feeling like you're only weighed by your beauty when that's not what the Bible points us to emphasize? I get the world's view, of how sexualized everything has become. They don't know differently. I get the up and down glances, and the cat calls in the grocery store parking lot, and the bald face bold second looks. I try to never meet their eyes, but I let them know I'm watching them, closely. I'm very careful to be safe because sometimes I feel threatened. And it's been that way for a long, long time. Sexualization makes targets of women, and it doesn't feel good. But don't get me wrong, I smile and say thanks if anyone kindly compliments me to my face.
However (last one, I promise), I think it's sad to find this kind of attitude in the church. We should be set apart, sanctified from the world. There should be no looks, or loud comments, or comparisons. There should be no eyes I try to avoid because the looks are not sanctified. What about Jesus teaching that the one who looks has already lusted? Or the quiet inner spirit should be most important? What about a husband/wife only having eyes for each other aka Song of Solomon? Why not guard against lust by not fixating on beauty like Job "I have made a covenant with my eyes, how then could I look upon a maid?" Beauty is a gift, but it's not the most important thing. And that's where I think the world has leeched into the church. Even Christians value beauty over holiness. Would you be drawn to make friends with a beautiful woman, or would you seek out the inwardly beautiful woman, but maybe she's not as beautiful? I appreciate being told I'm beautiful and respond kindly, even more so when they tell my husband because it makes his smile bigger. But, I would rather my kindness, or love, or helpfulness be admired (no, I haven't mastered anything, but I'm seeking to walk worthy). And I will always feel deeply the need to make every woman feel loved, and admired. And I will always, always feel a little sad when I see the admiring looks, or the unkind glares because a significant other has noticed, or wonder if my kindness will be taken as something it's not. But I always thank God for my husband's love and for the men of the church who show me true brotherly love.
Dave · 505 weeks ago