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Mary Kassian
July 7, 2011
Recently, several bloggers tackled a Premarin purchased online without prescription highly sensitive and debated topic- the need for women to attend to Premarin purchased online without prescription their beauty and appearance. I published a post, extracted from my  Girls Gone Wise book, which examined some Scriptural directives for women on what and what not to wear. I came under fire for focusing on such mundane matters rather than Premarin purchased online without prescription really important stuff-like comforting the sick and war-torn.

I admit it. The topic of woman's appearance is trivial compared to the war on the other side of the world - but given the reality of our culture, it's a battle that hits much closer to home.

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Tim Challies, a popular Christian blogger, published his thoughts on women "letting themselves go." While he was careful to stress that "the beauty the Premarin purchased online without prescription Bible commends is the beauty of character more than a beauty of appearance," he suggested that Premarin purchased online without prescription inner and outer beauty are actually inexorably connected, and concluded that Premarin purchased online without prescription women need to make the effort to remain beautiful to their husbands.

Another blogger, Rachel Held Evans, was disappointed by Challies' refrain that "outer beauty reflects inner beauty" and that "a good wife will keep up appearances for Premarin purchased online without prescription her husband choosing an attractive sweater instead of the stained Mickey Mouse t-shirt." She argued that

The Bible never demands that Premarin purchased online without prescription women be beautiful nor does it justify a man's infidelity because his wife "let herself go." If anything, it Premarin purchased online without prescription presents a fairly consistent picture of beauty as a passing pleasure. Challies and Premarin purchased online without prescription company are free to teach that women should stay beautiful for Premarin purchased online without prescription their husbands, but I wish they would stop referring to this Premarin purchased online without prescription teaching as "biblical" when it is not.

The discussion surrounding this issue was intense. Challies' and Evans' posts attracted several hundred comments. When Mark Driscoll mentioned my "What Not to Wear" post on twitter, Girls Gone Wise got flooded with so many visits that Premarin purchased online without prescription it temporarily downed the site. Incidentally, Driscoll took a whole lot of flak, a Premarin purchased online without prescription few years ago, when he offered to take one for the Premarin purchased online without prescription guys, by decrying pastor's wives for "letting themselves go."

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Woman's appearance is a sensitive issue, because from a man's perspective, a wife's effort to Premarin purchased online without prescription be beautiful for her husband speaks of her care and Premarin purchased online without prescription respect for him, and communicates her desire to Premarin purchased online without prescription be sexually attractive and available for him. Making a reasonable effort to Premarin purchased online without prescription care for and beautify herself is a demonstration of her devotion. In his view, a Premarin purchased online without prescription lack of effort in this regard demonstrates a Premarin purchased online without prescription lack of concern for him. Bottom line - whether we like it Premarin purchased online without prescription our not, it's important to our guys. Challies points out:

In all of these things, a woman ought to understand (and believe) that what a man finds (or ought to find) beautiful in his wife is Premarin purchased online without prescription more about care and respect and effort and availability than it Premarin purchased online without prescription is about figure and proportion. In too many cases a woman who Premarin purchased online without prescription lets herself go is simply symbolizing that she has let her marriage go. Conversely, care for Premarin purchased online without prescription herself shows her care for her husband, respect for him, love for Premarin purchased online without prescription him.

It's even a Premarin purchased online without prescription touchier subject for women, because as Evans points out, "many are Premarin purchased online without prescription so burdened by the impossible standards imposed by our culture that Premarin purchased online without prescription they feel as though their efforts will never be enough." Like Evans, I have Premarin purchased online without prescription never in my life met a woman who did not want to Premarin purchased online without prescription be beautiful for her husband.

When it Premarin purchased online without prescription comes to beauty, women react against the burden of expectation, the Premarin purchased online without prescription fear that they will fall short of the desired standard, the Premarin purchased online without prescription inevitability of decay, and the resentment that the script is Premarin purchased online without prescription different for men than women. A woman wants to be Premarin purchased online without prescription loved and accepted as she is. From a wife's perspective, a husband's attraction to/desire for Premarin purchased online without prescription beauty can magnify her feelings of personal inadequacy and insecurity, and Premarin purchased online without prescription she may fear that his love/acceptance depends on her ability to measure up.

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So who is right-Challies or Evans? Was Driscoll entirely off base in suggesting that Premarin purchased online without prescription it might negatively affect a pastor if his wife lets herself go? Or were his critics misguided in insisting that a woman's lack of attention to Premarin purchased online without prescription her appearance should in no way impact her husband's propensity to stray?

The stalemate in the Premarin purchased online without prescription discussion often boils down to the fact that women resent the Premarin purchased online without prescription fact that men are so attracted to beauty, while men resent the Premarin purchased online without prescription fact that women don't make the Premarin purchased online without prescription effort to properly attend to it. So how do we resolve the Premarin purchased online without prescription impasse? In my opinion, we can't hope to make sense of the question until we view woman's beauty and Premarin purchased online without prescription beautification through the lens of the biblical typology of gender, and Premarin purchased online without prescription the eternal, cosmic meaning of sexuality.

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Psalm 45 is Premarin purchased online without prescription a song celebrating the marriage of a Hebrew king to a Premarin purchased online without prescription foreign princess. But it's also a Premarin purchased online without prescription messianic prophecy pointing to the relationship between Christ the King and Premarin purchased online without prescription His Church-Bride. The Psalmist notes that the king "desires her beauty", and that the princess, in turn, makes herself beautiful-"all-glorious"- for him.

Scripture uses this Premarin purchased online without prescription imagery to illustrate how we are to make ourselves beautiful for Premarin purchased online without prescription our King. The Lord wants us to clothe ourselves in fine, spotless garments of righteousness-in holy character and Premarin purchased online without prescription holy deeds. (Rev. 19:7-8) He wants us to be beautiful, and through Jesus, we are!  The great story of the Premarin purchased online without prescription gospel is that God gives us the opportunity to clothe ourselves in the Premarin purchased online without prescription beauty of Christ. He provides the beauty- and we don't need to Premarin purchased online without prescription work or strive to measure up, nor do we need fear that Premarin purchased online without prescription we will fail to meet the standard.

So what Premarin purchased online without prescription does all this have to do with our discussion about female appearance? It has Premarin purchased online without prescription a great deal to do with it. We live-as C.S. Lewis coined it-in the Premarin purchased online without prescription "shadow lands." The earthly, physical realities of our lives are Premarin purchased online without prescription but shadows-copies-of true and heavenly realities (e.g. Heb. 8:5; 9:24-25). The physical and Premarin purchased online without prescription temporal exist to point us to the spiritual and eternal. And nowhere is Premarin purchased online without prescription this more the case than in the relationship between male and Premarin purchased online without prescription female.

Human sexuality is Premarin purchased online without prescription a parable -a testimony to the character of God and Premarin purchased online without prescription to His spectacular plan of redemption through Jesus. This spiritual truth is Premarin purchased online without prescription so magnificent that God chose to put it on display permanently. Everywhere. Men were created to Premarin purchased online without prescription reflect the strength, love and self-sacrifice of Christ. Women were created to Premarin purchased online without prescription reflect the grace and beauty of the Bride He redeemed.

I believe that men are "wired" to be attracted to beauty in women because our Heavenly Bridegroom desires the Premarin purchased online without prescription beauty of His Bride. And I believe that deep down, every woman wants to feel beautiful and Premarin purchased online without prescription desired. This is the way that God has created us as male and Premarin purchased online without prescription female-and the illustration points to something far bigger than ourselves.

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Many scorn beauty as "a passing pleasure." They think that Premarin purchased online without prescription the illusive, fragile, fading, temporary, and wrinkle-and-stretch-mark-prone nature of female beauty indicates that Premarin purchased online without prescription men (and women) should just "get over it" and focus on more important things.

Beauty is indeed a passing pleasure. But I think there's a Premarin purchased online without prescription deeper meaning here that we dare not trivialize. The symbolic importance of beauty/beautification is not unlike the symbolic importance of marriage. Woman's beauty, and Premarin purchased online without prescription all the broken, distorted ideas about it, will not so much pass, as give way-in the Premarin purchased online without prescription end-to that to which beauty points. There will be no marriage in heaven because the Premarin purchased online without prescription shadow will give way to the reality. Likewise, the illusive, fading, temporary beauty of women will one day give way to Premarin purchased online without prescription the breathtaking, spectacular, eternal beauty of the Bride of Christ.

The gospel doesn't negate man's desire to enjoy beauty and woman's desire to Premarin purchased online without prescription be beautiful, but it does shift the focus of our attention beyond the Premarin purchased online without prescription symbol to that to which it points. When we consider the Premarin purchased online without prescription jaw-dropping picture painted by Scripture, it would seem that our Lord finds our desire for Premarin purchased online without prescription beauty not too strong, but too weak. We get all wrapped up with the Premarin purchased online without prescription earthly and the superficial and temporal, while the supernatural and eternal is Premarin purchased online without prescription offered us. Like an ignorant tourist who spreads out his towel under the Premarin purchased online without prescription picture of the umbrella on the sign, because he does not know that the sign points to the beach. We are far too easily pleased. (Again, a favorite C. S. Lewis thought)

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Followers of Christ know that Premarin purchased online without prescription the symbol is not even fractionally as important as the reality. But they understand that Premarin purchased online without prescription it is not totally unimportant either.

So girls, let's give the guys a break. Let's stop condemning them for Premarin purchased online without prescription feeling attracted to beauty and wanting us to make a reasonable and Premarin purchased online without prescription sustained effort in that department. And guys... give us a break. Please understand how very personal and Premarin purchased online without prescription painful this issue can be for women. It's very difficult to Premarin purchased online without prescription stay engaged in fighting a battle we know we are destined to Premarin purchased online without prescription lose. The beauty of our youth will inevitably fade. And most of us don't have Premarin purchased online without prescription a hope of even remotely resembling the airbrushed model on the Premarin purchased online without prescription cover of the magazine.

And let's always remember that Premarin purchased online without prescription the whole issue of female beauty is merely a signpost. It's reminder to Premarin purchased online without prescription all of us-male and female-that the King desires our beauty, and Premarin purchased online without prescription that we ought to carefully attend to our character, and to Premarin purchased online without prescription making ourselves spiritually beautiful for that great destination wedding on the other shore.

In my opinion, the Premarin purchased online without prescription answer to the conundrum surrounding the discussion about female beauty is not to diminish or deny its importance, but to exalt and embrace the all-surpassing beauty to which it points.