GOD MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE

GOD MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE

“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day” (Genesis‬ ‭1:31‬).

We may say right away no way, how can you say or ask that? Then, why do we make it seem that God makes mistakes? Have you ever looked in the mirror and said; I do not like this or that? I wish I could change this! Why do I have this or don’t I have that? We, little by little, start finding things in our body we do not like; but why? When God said he made us “VERY GOOD”, perfect, beautiful. 

Beauty in society is not what beauty is supposed to be, and we have fallen into their ideas. If we think about it, even models don’t like what they see, that’s why they get plastic surgery. “Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised” (Proverbs‬ ‭31:30)‬.

Have you asked yourself, why am I like this? Why am I so skinny or fat? Or, why am I this color? I have! I have always struggled accepting my looks, the way God made me. When I was a little girl I was bullied because of my looks and the color of skin; so I always thought I was ugly.  I wanted to change my skin color, my shape, my hair, my face, actually everything. It makes me sad when I think about it now. I made it seem that God made a mistake when He created me. God makes no mistakes but why then, was I thinking that way? I believe most of the problem is when we compare ourselves to someone else. We get bullied for our looks. We want to have what others have. We want to look how they look. We want people to like us. If that is the reason, that means we want to change for the world and not for God. “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark‬ ‭8:36)‬.

I remember when I was in third or fourth grade; I would see my classmates so pretty, like dolls with their mini skirts, and shirts showing more than enough. They were always fixing their hair, putting lipstick on or fingernail polish, and showing off their new things.  I always wanted to look like them. I wanted to change my looks for them. I envied them! “Let not thine heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long” (Proverbs‬ ‭23:17‬). We need to be careful about what we want and who we compare ourselves to. 

I used to ask myself, how come God did not make me pretty like other girls? Now I ask myself, Why did I care so much about how I looked? Or who looked at me? We often want to look pretty to impress someone, but who do we want to impress? God or the world? Think about it, beauty is not how we look on the outside but who we are on the inside. Beauty comes from fearing the Lord, how we are with others, how our heart is. What good is it to be pretty when I am cruel towards others? “As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman which is without discretion” (Proverbs‬ ‭11:22‬). What good is it to be beautiful when my heart is like a rock, no compassion, no love, no patience, no Jesus in my heart?

‭ It feels good when someone says you are so pretty, you look good, your hair is beautiful, etc. It is okay to feel good when we hear those words BUT don’t you think we should feel BETTER if people would say; I want to be like her because she is a godly person? I think that would be best. We need to be focused on the things above and not the worldly things. “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Colossians‬ ‭3:2‬). Everything in this world will come to an end even beauty. Everything is vanity. Beauty and youthful looks will end but having love, meaning Jesus in our hearts, we will flourish forever. “Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; And quicken thou me in thy way” ‭‭(Psalm‬ ‭119:37). 

Should we feel bad about our looks, when God created us in His own image? When He created us beautiful? Do we still think God made a mistake? Remember, God created us “very good” says in the Bible but sin changed everything. Let’s not envy the so-called beauty. Let’s not love the things of this world. “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world”  (1 John‬ ‭2:15-16‬).

Women in the Bible are described as beautiful but, what did they have that we do not? They had the fruit of the spirit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law” (Galatians‬ ‭5:22-23‬). They dressed and adorned themselves humbly “Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:” ‭‭(1 Peter‬ ‭3:3-5‬). This should teach us that beauty comes from fearing the Lord and obeying Him, from inside.

Do not feel bad about yourself because of your looks, your shape, the color of your skin, your size. God created you in his own image. God loves you for who you are, not your looks.

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth" (Psalm 139:14‭-‬15).

“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity” (Ecclesiastes‬ ‭1:2‬)‭

Likhi Roush