Our culture has determined who is handsome or beautiful for us. Hollywood, with fashions from Paris influences, Hollywood magnifies and glorifies these images so much that it has become an industry. Plastic surgery is now a big business, not just for seniors who want to look young, but also for young boys and girls who want to emulate what they see in Hollywood or what is glamorized by musical artists. Some people don’t just want to look good; they have plastic surgery to look just like some of the movie stars. Amazingly, if these same people go to other parts of the world, they would be viewed as too skinny and unattractive.
“A very peculiar feature of the culture of Palenque, one of the lost cities in the Mayan civilization, was that of tying the heads of newborn babies to boards—one in front and one in back. After several days, the head is flattened for life. Crossed eyes were also prized as marks of beauty, and mothers sought to induce that condition by dangling baubles between the babies’ eyes.” (Tan, P. L. (1996). Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times (p. 429). Garland, TX: Bible Communications, Inc.) In some countries, a woman missing her front teeth is attractive. Tall women who are attractive or plump. “As one man said, ‘Even a dog likes meat on its bone.’”
What is interesting is that David explains how God formed him when he was formless. God did this for every part of his body. It was done carefully and insightfully, and He made no mistakes, even when it came to God breathing into him. What God did was not something anyone else was involved in because God did it secretively, hidden from everyone. When God did this, He did it with such a deep thought process that no one could ever figure out why or how David was formed. Here is one example; “No scientific instrument is as sensitive to light as a person’s eye. In the dark, its sensitivity increases 100,000 times; one can detect a faint glow, less than a thousandth as bright as a candle’s flame. He can see light from the stars, and the nearest of all stars is 25 billion miles away!” (Tan, P. L. (1996). Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times (p. 775). Garland, TX: Bible Communications, Inc.)
In Psalm 139:13-18 David said, “For You formed my inward parts; you wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth… (NASU).
Young people, do not allow our culture to determine your value. Trust in God’s design, for He made you with a purpose in mind (Revelations 4:11). You are fearfully and wonderfully made, and your existence is a testament to His divine plan.