This is scary!!!
This is scary!!!
My colleague was speaking to one of the schoolgirl who came in to talk to her. Since we were sharing the same office, and the talk wasn't something confidential, I could somehow hear the contents of the conversation - nope, I don't mean to eavesdrop but the girl was talking rather loudly ...
After she left, I expressed my shock to my colleague, who shared similar thoughts as me, about what the girl shared. It was scary ... just "listen" to some of them ...
- I'm too fat, and I want to lose weight, because when I'm thin, guys will be attracted to me.
- I will fast because I don't want to eat and put on weight.
- Do you think guys will like me? Will they want to have sex with me?
- I want boys to like me, do you think they will like me?
- Is it illegal to have sex?
and the conversation revolves around such sentiments, which under scrutiny, reveals the lack of confidence in the person, and how much the media has been successful in bombarding these perfect figure/beauty thoughts in the lives of our young ones.
"This is scary!!" I told my colleague. It is scary because of the kind of negative influences they are constantly being bombarded and hearing ... it is scary because the powerful means which media has had been used in distorting ways so that advertisers can sell their products, so that viewership can soar sky high ... it is scary because even though the Word of God rings loud and clear every morning during devotion and every week during chapel, the still small voice is so easily clouded out by the loudness of the world ... it is scary because people are looking for acceptance through physical appearance and successes, rather than the confidence which God wants them to have - as His beloved creation and child.
Pray, pray, pray - that was what I felt God prompting me to do, and that we all need to do. Many had succumbed to the voices of the world and living broken, unsatisfied lives. They do not deserve such treatment when the Almighty God wants them to know that they are all LOVED AND ACCEPTED BY HIM!
If you read this post, I invite you to pray along for our young generation of today, will you?
My colleague was speaking to one of the schoolgirl who came in to talk to her. Since we were sharing the same office, and the talk wasn't something confidential, I could somehow hear the contents of the conversation - nope, I don't mean to eavesdrop but the girl was talking rather loudly ...
After she left, I expressed my shock to my colleague, who shared similar thoughts as me, about what the girl shared. It was scary ... just "listen" to some of them ...
- I'm too fat, and I want to lose weight, because when I'm thin, guys will be attracted to me.
- I will fast because I don't want to eat and put on weight.
- Do you think guys will like me? Will they want to have sex with me?
- I want boys to like me, do you think they will like me?
- Is it illegal to have sex?
and the conversation revolves around such sentiments, which under scrutiny, reveals the lack of confidence in the person, and how much the media has been successful in bombarding these perfect figure/beauty thoughts in the lives of our young ones.
"This is scary!!" I told my colleague. It is scary because of the kind of negative influences they are constantly being bombarded and hearing ... it is scary because the powerful means which media has had been used in distorting ways so that advertisers can sell their products, so that viewership can soar sky high ... it is scary because even though the Word of God rings loud and clear every morning during devotion and every week during chapel, the still small voice is so easily clouded out by the loudness of the world ... it is scary because people are looking for acceptance through physical appearance and successes, rather than the confidence which God wants them to have - as His beloved creation and child.
Pray, pray, pray - that was what I felt God prompting me to do, and that we all need to do. Many had succumbed to the voices of the world and living broken, unsatisfied lives. They do not deserve such treatment when the Almighty God wants them to know that they are all LOVED AND ACCEPTED BY HIM!
If you read this post, I invite you to pray along for our young generation of today, will you?
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