Topic : Beauty

– Isaiah 3 vs 16-24

“Moreover the Lord saith ,Because of the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton necks and wandering eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and make a tinkling with their feet; Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts….In that day the lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains and the bracelets and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the  ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, the rings and the nose jewels, the changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins…the glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails……and it shall come to pass that instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair , baldness; instead of a stomacher a girdling of  sackcloth; and a burning instead of  BEAUTY.”

This is a scripture that a lot of sisters are often embarrassed by and hate when it gets read because its true!!!!  It is part of the curse for disobeying the Most High’s laws.

JUST deal with it.  Yes we got cursed with baldness mainly the tribe of Judah, Benjamin and Levi.  Now we wear weaves, wigs and other hair extentions to hide it.  Some of us are fat, out of shape and stink too in all the wrong places.  Believe me beauty is a gift and a blessing from the Lord.  Repent and get yourself together!

Women love to look good all to allure the eyes of men.  Make-up should enhance  the beauty you already possess not make you look like somebody else, a clown or a harlot.  A little goes along way.  Please seek out some advice from a professional or a sister that is educated in this area.  I got this all wrong in my youth.  It is a skill that needs to be taught and learned over time.  Natural beauty is the best.  I look at my daughter and wish I could turn back time…(sigh).  Some women prefer not to wear any make-up and for some a little gloss will do.  I for one have dreams of being low maintenance, but I am a high maintenance girl and love it!  Work with what you have.  Rivalry and competition with each other sometimes occurs at all age levels.  Jealousy is a cunning demon fed with coveteousness and that is serious and not beneficial to our growth as women so be very careful.  We spend lots of time and money at the hair salon, nail salon and not to mention our own personal grooming rituals at home.  We sisters love to look fly and shop till we drop.  Many of us have more lotions, creams, potions and perfumes than we can possibly wear but the men in our lives LOVE IT!!

Sisters, cosmetics and the use thereof is a personal decision.  There are a lot of choices so do your own research and decide what works best for you.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cosmetics

The manufacture of cosmetics is currently dominated by a small number of multinational corporations that originated in the early 20^th century, but the distribution and sale of cosmetics is spread among a wide range of businesses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which regulates cosmetics in the United States  defines  cosmetics as ….

“intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body’s structure or functions’

Ingredients of cosmetics

Cosmetic ingredients come from a variety of sources but unlike the ingredients of food are not often considered by most consumers. Cosmetics often use vibrant colors that are derived from some unexpected sources; ranging from crushed insects to rust. Many techniques have allowed manufacturers to synthesis such colors ( or part thereof ) and use has been declining for many years and now virtually eliminated due in part to the efforts of Beauty Without Cruelty, PETA, and other groups.

Cosmetics in a variety of forms date back to early civilization influence by the need to improve ones’ appearance to attracting a mate.  Over the years the ingredients have changed dramatically.

Let’s talk a little bit about plastic or cosmetic surgery.  My two year old son likes to watch a toddler show called ‘Bob the Builder’.  The characters sing a little tune that says ‘Can we build it?’ and the kids respond ‘yes we can!’

Well, today science and technology has made it possible to ‘rebuild’ yourself.  If you want it bigger, smaller, tighter, lighter, or whatever floats your boat you can purchase it at a price.  Yes it is very tempting and most of the results are life changing and sometimes needed because of a bad accident.  Consider brothers and sisters that may have been injured and maimed in the military or someone born with a genetic defect like cleft palate.  People with serious burn injuriesbneed  skin graphs or possible extensive dental work because of the loss of teeth or a disease.  Other medical situations that may require plastic surgery are breast or brain cancer and that is completely different from getting cosmetic surgery just to enhance what you already have to make you physically more attractive by the current beauty standards of this world.

For example, geting a nose job for insecurity reasons and not because you can’t breathe or have a sinus problem that is potentially harmful to your health or deemed life threatening is a lust demon and very carnal.  You have to ask yourself why you want to alter or change what your physical appearance may be?

So what price are you willing to pay?  Actually you could pay with your  life and there have been many celebrities and common folk who have died either on the table or shortly thereafter for fulfilling the lust of their eyes to fit in this  society’s ideal of what is expected and what is beautiful.  Some bleaching creams have caused severe burns and blindness in some users.  It is so bad that people have gone out of the country to perform surgeries that they would otherwise not be able to afford in America.  Also many so-called doctors and illegal non-certified plastic surgeons are popping up performing procedures and doing injections that only God knows what is contained in them.  With this comes the risk of not only diseases, but awful disfiguring procedures done in such a way that there is no coming back from it.  Look all throughout cyberspace and the news media and you’ll be able to review photos and read the articles for yourself.

 

In my early years I used to model and I went on a go-see for a famous designer known for dramatic evening dresses and they had me try on several gowns.  So I go went in and did my little walk and turned around in this one dress that was very revealing in the front and the casting director said, “she’s beautiful, she walks lovely, but she looks like she’s wearing her mother’s dress.”  So when I get back to the agency the feedback they gave me was that I should have my breasts done and then I would get more work.  You must realize I knew a lot of girls who had this done so the pressure was on.  I knew about the pain during healing and all that but didn’t care because after I had them done I was going to Europe and walk the catwalks like a supermodel!!!  So during a college break I was going to get a ‘boob job’ with silicone implants.  They were cheap by today’s standards and I had a payment plan set up and everything.  During this time I meet my husband and he said to me, “Don’t do it.  If you were meant to have them the Lord would have given them to you.”  I would have been a wicked mess and I know it and that’s what so messed up about it and years from now they have done studies that show implants can cause cancer.  No breast enhancement for me, case closed.

I’m guilty of the lust demon jumping on me again.  I wanted a tummy tuck after our third child when I gained 80 pounds.  My husband said “NO” again and that I should ‘do some sit ups’ so I had to lose the weight again the hard way. I tell my daughter all the time keep the commandments, eat your vegetables and drink your milk so you don’t have to wait until you have children to develop breasts.  Lords will I can make it to the kingdom and have the body I have always dreamed of or should I say what my husband has always dreamed of.

 

Psalm  144 vs. 12

“…that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughter s may be as cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace…”

1 Corinthians 15 vs. 52

“In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ; for the trump shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed.”

A male cousin of mine told me that he was talking to a woman who at one time ONLY had looks going for her.  She used to be a big tease and took advantage of many a brothers and now those looks are slowly fading away because of abuse, neglect and aging.  Those games are no longer working.  Just to think, she wasted her entire life focusing on what was on the outside and now the face and body are no longer what they once were in her youth.  So sad.  She is miserable and alone and men are gone because they are no longer interested since she can’t hold a conversation, cook or clean.  The wrinkles have set in and men have moved on to the next  pretty young thing.  A great body and a pretty face are great to have, but as a repentant Israelite woman your mind and knowledge of the Holy Scriptures is the most beautiful thing you have going for you.

 

Appocrypha: The Book of Ecclesiasticus 26 vs. 14-15

“A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed…A shamefaced and faithful woman is  a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued.”

I want to be remembered like Judith in the following scripture….

Apocrypha Judith 11 vs. 21

“There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the other, both for beauty of face and wisdom of words.”

Apocrypha Ecc 36 vs. 22

“The beauty of a woman  cheereth the countenance  , and a man loveth nothing better.”

Esther 2 vs. 12

“Now when every maids turn was come to go in to the king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women,  for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrth, and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women.”

Apocrypha Judith 10 vs. 3-7

“…washed her body all over with water and anointed herself with precious ointment and braided the hair of her head, and put a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her husband. They wondered at her beauty very greatly…”

Proverbs 31 vs. 30-31

“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that fears the Lord, she shall be praised.  Give her of the fruits of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”