I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:14
There’s this new fad going on on Facebook where everyone is using their celebrity doppelganger as their new profile picture. Out of curiosity, I uploaded a photo of mine to a website to see who my celebrity look-alike would be, and to my sadness, I didn’t really look like anyone. I tried different photos of myself, but same results. All of a sudden, I felt very unattractive. In my mind, I had somehow equated being beautiful with having a celebrity doppelganger; surely if I was good looking, I’d resemble somebody famous.
Then it just clicked: God made everyone to be unique in their own way. My beauty is not determined by whether or not I looked like a celebrity; it’s not even determined by what other people think. God says Himself that we were all fearfully and wonderfully made, and that is the one and only judgement that matters. It’s hard to grasp on to this concept when we live in a such a superficial world, but with the grace of God, we can do it.
So it’s ok that I don’t have a celebrity doppelganger, and if I ever do, it should be God. After all, we were created in His image.
Wow, I never thought of it that way. Sometimes I’d get a match, but I never really thought it looked like me. I was always so disappointed when I didn’t look like anyone…in a way, I am very glad I don’t have a match. God made me special (to quote Junior from VeggieTales!)
PS: I am definitely bookmarking this website! Thanks so much for your blog.
Yes, God made each and everyone of us special, and I guess sometimes we forget that because of what society is telling us
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