craziestmostrandomhappenstance:

Christian woman that claim that they want to put Christ first and then spend any amount of time looking at famous males swooning over how attractive they are, are immature. Also they are lying them to themselves. In what way shape or form does staring at pictures of Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemmsworth, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, etc. further the kingdom of the Lord? 

Girls like this make me sick.

Follow a whole bunch of christian blogs to learn about Jesus while following a bunch of blogs dedicated to posting pictures of the worlds idea of an attractive man, yeah…just saying it is a little hypocritical.

And for those of you who are thinking, “You’re just bitter because you dont look like that or have girls swooning over you”

You’re correct, it does make me bitter, it makes me bitter that any self-respecting christian woman would let herself get sucked into that, it makes me bitter that I have to compete with a hollywood ideal, it makes me bitter that because of society poisoning the minds of young christian woman that I am incapable of feeling comfortable in my own skin. Double standards make me bitter, and it makes me bitter that YOU have become that kind of person…

I feel disgusting, thank you Christian Women for giving into hollywood.   

I saw this this morning, but I didn’t have enough time to say what I wanted to in response to this. But now I do have time, and I have to say something.

It seems like you’re buying into two different lies here. The first is that you’re not enough because you don’t look like the world’s idea of attractive. I’m just assuming this is how you feel based on your post. Brother, I am familiar with this lie. I lived there for too long. God is gracious to rescue us from that place and I hope that you are open to him changing your mind about yourself and find your worth in him.

But what I really want to get into is the second lie, and that is that it’s someone else’s fault that you feel this way. In this post, you blame the Christian women that you follow who post or reblog pictures of famous movie stars and musicians. And this is not okay. It is not your sisters’ fault that you feel inadequate. It is not our job to guard your heart, it is your job. And it is unfair of you to place that sort of pressure on your sisters. Admiring someone’s beauty, finding them attractive, even stating that you find them attractive, is not a sin. It is not hypocritical, and it is not lust. It is simply being human and recognizing the beauty God has given us.

You are comparing yourself to men who are able to hire personal trainers and nutritionists to get the body they want. These photos are airbrushed and Photoshopped to make themselves more appealing. You’re comparing yourself to an impossible ideal, and it’s up to you to deal with that. Asking your friends and followers to stop reblogging pictures of people they think are attractive isn’t going to help you feel better. You’ll still see those same images, just not on your dash. Please hear this from someone who has been in that place, who has compared herself to so many women, both real and unreal, the problem doesn’t lie with anyone else. It lies with you, and you are the one who has to work through it.

God is faithful and patient with us. It seemed like he took a very long time teaching me to love myself (not just being okay with myself, but genuinely loving who I am), but he brought me from a place very similar to the one you’re in now to a place of freedom and peace. I hope you’re open to him doing the same in you.