Inside, Outside, All Around—What Counts?
Pixabay A cosmetics company announced yesterday that they would no longer be photoshopping the pictures of their models. They are going to allow the flaws to be seen. The reason? Well, someone has finally figured out how damaging the unrealistic portrayal of what constitutes “beauty” really is. Good move, but perhaps a little late to help those already programmed to believe that beauty really is “skin deep.” I recently had some head shots done for the back cover of an upcoming book. Only one of the five that I ultimately chose would be photoshopped—the flaws and wrinkles swept away and other things enhanced. When I got the results back I discover that my eyes were bluer than they had ever been in my life—someone is going to be disappointed if they expect to see those brilliant orbs for real! Looks good—but doesn't exist. Samuel ran into the same problem—and the Lord reminded him of something that the “beauty experts” of our age are just figuring out now—beauty is more than...