This thing called "Skin" ...

I’ve been meaning to write this blog forever and a day now… I just now am getting around to it. Oops. Haha..I’ve actually hesitated about posting this blog because I don’t want people to take it the wrong way or something… but then.. I realized I don’t really care what people think about it.. if one person gets blessed by it, then I’ve written it just for that one.  *Warning: If you’ve never read a blog of mine before, let me warn you now, just like I do in all my other blog posts… I’m completely honest in my blogs, I don’t hold back and I am pretty straight forward with what I say. Something’s I say (or how I say them) you may take offensively or the wrong way… but I’m writing from how I see it, and how God is showing me. I won’t be mad or upset if you disagree with something I say, or if you don’t see it the way I do. I’m not perfect, God is still working on me, and I’m constantly learning… sorry if my grammar is incorrect or bad… haha.. ok… now that that is out of the way… let’s get to what this is all about..

Recently I was thinking… about all the different “looks” that people have... all different sizes… all different colors… just all completely different and diverse from another. I wondered what makes us think about someone and says “they’re beautiful” or “attractive” ..? Weren’t we all made in God’s image? Isn’t He the judge of that? … anyways.. so often we get hung up and caught up in the way someone looks on the outside that we often forget to see what they look on the inside.  -“So original” you might be thinking in your head about this blog already, but hear me out before you click the “X” in the corner of the page. I’m simply just trying to point out… that our bodies… are just shells… they are just a cage for our spirit to live in and be expressed through. I should take no credit or pride in my skin or outer appearance, I had nothing to do with the way God made me.
 I had no say when He designed my body the way He did. If someone is attracted to the skin appearance that God has decided to place you in then please, do not take credit for it. You can do nothing to change the way your skin looks (well… minus the whole plastic surgery thing now a days.. haha).
 Despite your own personal opinion of my “shell” whether you like it or not, or think it is “attractive” or not… please realize it is not the “look” that matters, but the fact that I am a created being of God (and so are you). Regardless if people find my skin attractive or beautiful, I’m happy to realize the fact that, this big guy, God, who also made the rest of the world and everything (and everyone) I see, also made me! He chose to make me apart of His awesome creation as well!
Ok… back to what I was saying…HE is solely responsible for the way (you and) I look. How silly it would be to take pride in our own outer appearance, like we had something to do with creating it anyways. Haha!
Strip away the skin, take away the body, what is left? Strip away the physical, what does the spirit in you look like?
We had nothing to do with the way we were created, we spend so much time and focus try to alter and “fix” and “make better” what God has already made best.
We should care more about how our heart looks then our face… because our heart will shine through our face.
Look at the mirror of the Word that reveals the reflection and beauty of your heart.
In the end, it isn’t our face that people will remember, it’s who we were as a person, how we treated others, how we changed others life, and how we impacted those around us on a daily basis. Your legacy lies is in the condition and expression of your heart… not your face ... :)