Sunday Lessons: Who and what you are is perfectly designed by God.

"I am a flower quickly fading

Here today and gone tomorrow

A wave tossed in the ocean

A vapor in the wind

Still you hear me when I'm calling

Lord, you catch me when I'm falling

And you told me who I am

I am Yours."
                      - Who Am I, Casting Crowns

I stopped watching television when I moved for college. I didn't have television in my room, and I found that I was just fine without it. No, overtime, I realized that I was happier without it.

Media is such a powerful tool, and it's extremely alarming that at this day and age, we have allowed the media to to tell us the definition of beauty, of worth. And it's always telling us that we're not tall enough, that we're not thin enough, that our skin is not white enough. That we have to wear skimpy bikinis when we go to the beach. That we have to heavily paint our faces with eyeshadows and eyeliners and red lipstick to be noticed by the world.

"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;

but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."

                          - Proverbs 31:30

This clip was shown in church this morning, and it's really heartbreaking and enlightening at the same time. It's heartbreaking to see how we often fall short on our own standards, probably because we base our standards on the standards of the world, and the world can be harsh. The world can be deceiving.

The world tells us we're not good enough, but God tells us we are fearfully and wonderfully made. The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:31: "God saw all that He had made, and it was very good." Who are we to say otherwise?

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful, I know that full well." 

                          - Psalms 139:14

You are beautiful. You are good enough. Never let anyone tell you otherwise.