Because... you're worth it!

What's your favourite slogan or catchphrase from an advert?
How about...

"Because you're worth it" ~ L'Oreal
                                                       ...?

At first hearing it you think someone out there cares about you, then you realise that they only want to sell their product, the people on their advert are airbrushed, and basically it's all fake. It makes you think you should be like them. I'm not speaking from my experience - personally I'm happy as I am! But there are so many people out there looking for acceptance, and that's where Jesus should come in. As a fifteen year old girl, I see my friends searching for that inner acceptance, and cannot understand why they won't give Jesus a try. They don't realise that they don't have to actually DO ANYTHING! They think as a Christian, you have to go to church, pray, read the Bible, blah blah blah but really Christianity is the opposite. It's about God loving you for exactly who you are and what you are and not caring about all these things! Of course, these build you up in the long term, you make friends and encourage each other, and grow with God but it's not obligation, it's fun! Praying is having a chat with my best friend not kneeling in front of a little wooden cross in a stone cold church building somewhere with a choir singing! I walk and chat and have a good time!
I love the song "More Beautiful You" by Jonny Diaz, because he sings about life as it is...

Little girl fourteen flipping through a magazine

Says she wants to look that way
But her hair isn't straight her body isn't fake
And she's always felt overweight
Well little girl fourteen I wish that you could see
That beauty is within your heart
And you were made with such care your skin your body and your hair
Are perfect just the way they are
(CHORUS)
There could never be a more beautiful you
Don't buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you
Little girl twenty-one the things that you've already done
Anything to get ahead
And you say you've got a man but he's got another plan
Only wants what you'll do instead
Well little girl twenty-one you never thought that this would come
You starve yourself to play the part
But I can promise you there's a man whose love is true
And he'll treat you like the jewel you are
(CHORUS)

So turn around you're not too far
To back away be who you are
To change your path go another way
It's not too late you can be saved
If you feel depressed with past regrets
The shameful nights hope to forget
Can disappear they can all be washed away
By the one who's strong can right your wrongs
Can rid your fears dry all your tears
And change the way you look at this big world
He will take your dark distorted view
And with His light He will show you truth
And again you'll see through the eyes of a little girl

(CHORUS)
There could never be a more beautiful you


YOU ARE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE. Don't strive to be anyone else, you are God's amazing creation! If anyone tells you otherwise, they are lying, so don't believe them. Ask God to put a cover round your heart.

Because God thinks you're worth it... and so do I!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ks3R2BwyO0&feature=related <--- Jonny Diaz - More Beautiful You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psqOp8pcY0o <--- The Story Behind the Song :)