Make up bag Check list
- ü Eyebrow pencil
- ü Mascara
- ü Lip-gloss
- ü Mac lipstick
- ü FOUNDATION
- ü Eyeliner
- ü Concealer
- ü Eye shadow
I looked at my make up check list and it somehow got me
excited. It gets a lot of ladies excited, I mean you can look good for whatever
occasion and i bet you will pick up so many followers with all that make up
right? okay maybe not.
Well it’s great for women to look good and i for one have
never been that Christian girl that does not advocate looking good and smelling
good. You don’t have to spend thousands to look
good and its very important for a lady to practice good hygiene. When
you look good , you feel good right?
Back to my checklist.......
I did a little research about one of the things in my make
up bag checklist. Here is what i found out about foundation.
What is a foundation (for those not aware?)
Foundation is a
skin colored makeup applied to the face to create an even,
uniform color to the complexion, to cover flaws and, sometimes, to change the
natural skin tone. Foundation applied to the body is generally
referred to as "body painting.
When we apply this foundation it basically brings about the
so called perfection many ladies are hungry for, but is that the foundation
ladies need to really focus on? Is that foundation going to make you a stronger
woman? Is it going to help you conquer?
I mean we often speak about getting “bae” and tying the knot
but will this foundation we apply help keep our relationships together? Is it
going to help us be better wives? Better mothers? Is it going to give us the
strength to endure?
Don’t get me wrong i have nothing against using make-up and
that is the reason I have a checklist I want to cover soon, but I have a
problem with the fact that we often focus so much on the outside that we forget
the inner being. Have you ever wondered why you can feel so “hot” yet feel so
empty? We are busy trying to create perfection on the outside that we carry on broken and empty inside.
I have gotten to realise that there is a certain FOUNDATION
that we do not include into our make-up bags and this foundation is amongst
some of the things that please God and that is PRAYER.
Prayer is a divine direct communication with God. You see
there are so many reasons to pray and i can list a few
1.
To have a personal experience with God
2.
To empty our hearts unto God so He can empty
himself in us
3.
To anchor us to God.
4.
Provides divine direction
5.
Strengthen our intimacy with God
6.
To transform us.
7.
Move us to another level of Faith
Unlike the natural foundation we use, Prayer wont cover your
flaws but it will show them to you because who you are will drive you to take
care of This that you are. The bible also says in 2 Corinthians 12:9-11New International Version
(NIV)
9 But he said to me, “My grace is
sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore
I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power
may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in
weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong
It makes no sense to cover our flaws with something that can easily be wiped off because what you cover
someone else can uncover and use against you but when you put all in Gods hands,we know we are protected.
Prayer unlike foundation does not
only change your natural skin tone (your exterior) but it will transform you
from the inside out. It will make you supernatural. Prayer is what creates that
uniformity; YES!!! It brings about restoration and revives us.
We can try run away from this but it’s the truth that we need to
remind ourselves of. We can look beautiful all we want but we need to be prayerful
women. I mean if you can’t trust God enough to open up to Him, How will you
trust God if you are required to leave certain things behind?
If we focus so much on natural ways to do things, will those
means sustain us? Will your beautiful make-up make you the woman God wants you
to be? There is a saying that states that “You are the company you keep”,
imagine the woman you would become if your company was God!!! There are so many
qualities that can make us stronger and better women and all these qualities
are in God. Qualities like forgiveness, Love, endurance, patience, humility,
being gentle, Joy, kindness, Peace, Faithfulness and etc.
As we make our eyebrows, lipstick and foundation on fleek, let’s
Make sure that our prayer life is on fleek.
Inner beauty is inside each and every one of us and the lack
of confidence and acceptance has a way of moving us away from that. Investing
only in outward beauty will forever leave us feeling like we are not beautiful
enough, so put on that foundation called Prayer and watch your life, your
confidence and the way you do things change for the best!
May we not only focus on looking good but also focus on BEING good.
Proverbs 3:15 She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
thank you for reading
<3kamo
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