Sorry Lisa
I still think that Valentine's Day is from the devil- or if not from him, then at least largely used and corrupted by him. I do agree with your comment about romance movies being female porn. ( i won't do link to your blog and your comment cause it never works on my blog for some reason, but anyone with a brain is able to click on the link to your site and read it for themselves there) Anyways, I really do think that the Great Deceiver uses a lot of what God engineered in us to be a good think and has corrupted it for evil. I suppose its also part of the curse, but its easier to blame the devil. Think about Adam and Eve's interaction before the Fall. They were naked and were not ashamed. does that mean that they both had perfect, albeit belly-buttonless bodies? I don't think so, or at least not in the context that we think of perfection. They were not ashamed because they had a God breathed love for each other and did not judge each other by the standards that we do today. I mean obviously, they didn't have MTV or thongs, or anyone else to compare themselves to (can't exactly be jealous of what great legs a giraffe has) but even if they had, that wouldnt have mattered. But now, even in some of the best marriages, or the best single people that I know, body image still plays this amazing role, and influences us all, and gives us something to be ashamed of. Thats why God didn't create them and then automatically give them clothes right away. When you conceal, you have judged yourself against something and have been found lacking. So, I guess what I'm saying is, in a perfect world, we'd all be nudists :) Not really, but it does make me think about all of those movies that we force feed to our children- Cinderella, where she is only appealing to the Prince when shes in her pretty dress. did anyone else think how dumb the prince must be not to recognize her in a different dress- why did he need the shoe??! Did he think Der, that looks like her, but she was wearing white, so that can't be the same person?Or all of those teen movies where the girl is only noticed once she has had a makeover and looks like a homogenized old navy, plastic doll version of herself? and then the guy gives some pat line about how he likes her for who she really is and it wouldnt really matter to him how she looked? But then why wasn't he with her before? You might think, whats wrong with looking like everyone else- If you blend in you aren't picked on or laughed at and ridiculed. But so often in life, I feel like we're walking around hiding the unique and special characteristics that God gave us, and then we feel a sense of isolation and loneliness because no one is seeing these same character traits.
I still think that Valentine's Day is from the devil- or if not from him, then at least largely used and corrupted by him. I do agree with your comment about romance movies being female porn. ( i won't do link to your blog and your comment cause it never works on my blog for some reason, but anyone with a brain is able to click on the link to your site and read it for themselves there) Anyways, I really do think that the Great Deceiver uses a lot of what God engineered in us to be a good think and has corrupted it for evil. I suppose its also part of the curse, but its easier to blame the devil. Think about Adam and Eve's interaction before the Fall. They were naked and were not ashamed. does that mean that they both had perfect, albeit belly-buttonless bodies? I don't think so, or at least not in the context that we think of perfection. They were not ashamed because they had a God breathed love for each other and did not judge each other by the standards that we do today. I mean obviously, they didn't have MTV or thongs, or anyone else to compare themselves to (can't exactly be jealous of what great legs a giraffe has) but even if they had, that wouldnt have mattered. But now, even in some of the best marriages, or the best single people that I know, body image still plays this amazing role, and influences us all, and gives us something to be ashamed of. Thats why God didn't create them and then automatically give them clothes right away. When you conceal, you have judged yourself against something and have been found lacking. So, I guess what I'm saying is, in a perfect world, we'd all be nudists :) Not really, but it does make me think about all of those movies that we force feed to our children- Cinderella, where she is only appealing to the Prince when shes in her pretty dress. did anyone else think how dumb the prince must be not to recognize her in a different dress- why did he need the shoe??! Did he think Der, that looks like her, but she was wearing white, so that can't be the same person?Or all of those teen movies where the girl is only noticed once she has had a makeover and looks like a homogenized old navy, plastic doll version of herself? and then the guy gives some pat line about how he likes her for who she really is and it wouldnt really matter to him how she looked? But then why wasn't he with her before? You might think, whats wrong with looking like everyone else- If you blend in you aren't picked on or laughed at and ridiculed. But so often in life, I feel like we're walking around hiding the unique and special characteristics that God gave us, and then we feel a sense of isolation and loneliness because no one is seeing these same character traits.
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