Painfully Average

I have to make a confession.
I have been seeing commercial after commercial about the the new show "How to Look Good Naked." Yes, the title makes you feel a bit naughty to even think about watching it - I suppose that is the intent. And really - doesn't everybody want to look good naked? Even Adam and Eve had issues with that.

So... yesterday they had a segment on "Good Morning America" about this new show. Once again I heard that the average woman is a size 14/16. Seriously. I look in the mirror once again. "This is average?" Of course the average woman loathes her body - exactly why this new show is set to be a hit even if it's for a short while. I got sucked into the promotion and set my Tivo to record the first episode.

I watched it. It was very sweet watching the young lady go from crying in the mirror to rejoicing at her new found self-esteem. I am really not convinced that when she watched herself with a roomful of friends last night and saw herself being twirled around in the air in her underwear by the host that she retained that joy... Seems like she would be thinking, "Oh my gosh! What was I thinking!! I did that in my underwear! On national TV!!! I must have been desperate!" I'm still not convinced that a day at the spa a new wardrobe, make-up and a new hairdo can fix a lifetime of self-loathing. Oh - in the end a nude photo shoot... yeah - that'll help.

I guess we are all a little desperate in one way or the other. Why can't we see ourselves as God sees us? Last week our lesson in Jr Worship was about starting the new year viewing ourselves as God sees us. We watched a video ~ A Snoodle's Tale. In the story, the little Snoodle listens to everyone else's idea of who he is and what he should do, resulting in a lot of frustration. Eventually he finds himself in the home of his creator who tells him that he should seek his identity from the one who created him. He made him special. So... we worked with the kids to help them think about what made them special, to practice trying to see themselves as God sees them.

I have come full circle this week. I am painfully average. Which is pretty great. But also I REALLY need to work on seeing myself as God sees me. I am wonderfully special. Which is pretty great. I am "fearfully and wonderfully made." Try not to focus on the "fearfully" part. haha
Psalms 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Need to work on that "know that full well" thing too.

I'm still thinking...
that a day at the spa, a new wardrobe, make-up and a new hairdo is something I would not mind trying!
I would certainly skip the nude photo shoot. Yikes!