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PenNhnd
2/12/2008 7:07 PM
This article resonated with me. As the coauthor of a book about media's influence on youth culture, I did extensive research into just how quickly media can infiltrate and control the behavior of our youth. But it doesn't stop there. As a woman in her 5th decade, I am quick to look at the "young and the beautiful" the media uses for advertising, for promotion, for their shows, etc. and think, "I'll never look like that again...poor me..." Then I'm depressed. What's the point in trying, I ask myself. Why bother to take care of what's "still here" or "here in abundance!" :)
But Jesus loves me just as I am and wants me to, as the title says, "Get Real!" Love who I am. Trust who HE is. Know that what the media shows us is an absolute farce and what He offers us is REAL life.
I may not be one of the "beautiful people" according to Hollywood, but His Word says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness..." (Jeremiah 31).
Eva Marie Everson
But Jesus loves me just as I am and wants me to, as the title says, "Get Real!" Love who I am. Trust who HE is. Know that what the media shows us is an absolute farce and what He offers us is REAL life.
I may not be one of the "beautiful people" according to Hollywood, but His Word says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness..." (Jeremiah 31).
Eva Marie Everson
