A famous cosmetologist
once said, “The most beautiful thing a woman can have is her
passion but makeup is an excellent substitute.” So why do many
women settle for a substitute? Maybe because her passion has been
wounded, disclaimed or discarded. They have learned their beautiful passion should be
controlled.
Recently I heard a godly man
speak into all this. In a nutshell, he said one word for women before
the fall in the garden was beauty. And one word for women after the
garden was control. He encouraged us to live out of beauty which is
our original purpose instead of out of control. If we would put all
the energy we put into controlling our lives into creating beauty,
life would be much more meaningful and well, beautiful. I loved the
idea.
If we live out of
beauty, we may very possibly be hurt, intentionally or unintentionally. Girls destroy perfect roses by
playing 'He loves me, he loves me not...' Little boys in school make
cruel and life impacting comments. Our families impact into our
beauty/control worldviews in immeasurable ways. Every woman has her
story, but she is invited by God in another scene of healing.
Beauty has often been
trampled and beaten down but it's essence can't be squelched and it's
impact can't be stopped.
Beauty stands out
starkly in harsh realities.
God restores beauty,
never control.
Looking at some of the
world's historic wars and what was really at stake; a king was
enamored with a drop dead gorgeous queen or princess from a far away
land and he was determined to have her.
Yes, Beauty is possibly
the most powerful thing in this life.
Beauty is always an
essence in every circumstance. Control is fleeting.
Beauty always reaches
out and reconciles relationships only to become more beautiful.
Control dominates relationships, only to lose them.
Beauty merits honor.
Control brings shame.
Beauty isn't lonely.
Control acts like it isn't.
Beauty has an alluring
mystery. Controls tries to be mysterious and fails.
Beauty is really
stronger then control.
As I was reflecting on
all this, I remembered that I had become a Beauti Control consultant
as a result of a party last year. Being a good Mennonite, I wanted
the discounts and benefits of consultant status to justify the price
tag. Then recently, I was thinking of ways to make some money when I
returned home. Beauti Control had crossed my mind. I'd been picturing
my sales pitch being something like: “I'm trying to make the lives
of women in Asia more beautiful, etc... etc...”
Now there was a new
sales pitch that goes more like this, “Ladies, there is a lesson
from a long time ago that we all need to learn... we were made for
beauty and not to control... so as you apply your daily facial
routine, remind yourselves what you were created for... and live out
of beauty instead of control.”
I don't know about you
but I could get passionate about selling the message of 'beauty
instead of control.' Now that's a message of fabulously breath
taking, beautiful hope worth talking about. I'll still be sharing the
message whether I decide to sell the products or not. The message proclaiming
"Beauti instead of Control."
