Scripture tells us that the Lord chose a small, young David out of his physically strong and older brothers to be the King of Israel. Yet we see in the 1950s, the standard of beauty for women shifted to curvy, short blondes, as reflected in Marilyn Monroe. The mechanics of developing pecks and abs had not been invented, so they were not the standard for beauty. A fit man in the early 20 th century was lean with toned arms and legs. In the 1940s, the standard of beauty for women was tall, slim brunettes. The standards of beauty are fickle and change almost every decade. The world is very tricky, yet also very transparent. The world will tell you that physical beauty is all that matters the enemy certainly wants you to believe it until you feel depressed, worthless, and hopeless. The world tries to tell men that they should look like Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, or any other famous Chris.Īs these archetypes of conventional beauty are lifted up in society, it can be difficult to see and believe there is beauty to be found in everyone. The world tries to tell women they should look like Margot Robbie, Keira Knightly, or Zendaya. While social media and this technology are new, the pressures that come with the beauty standards of the world are not. While this is very upsetting and unconscionable, studies have also shown that the use of these social media platforms leads to lower self-esteem and depression. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” - Psalm 139:13-14Īccording to a new special report by 60 Minutes, social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok are steering young users, some as young as 11, to accounts that promote anorexia and self-harm. “For you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Human life or personhood is defined by Scripture from the point of conception.A Prayer for When the World Tries to Tell You Who to Be God is clearly involved in the creation and development of a person from the earliest stages of formation in the womb. Will you now turn me to dust again?” (Job 10:8–9). Job poetically describes his life in the womb, saying, “Your hands shaped me and made me. God “knew” Jeremiah while he was in his mother’s womb, referring to Jeremiah as a living being prior to his birth. God told the prophet Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart I appointed you as a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). Isaiah 49:1 adds, “Before I was born the LORD called me from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.” This “servant of the Lord” was considered called by God as a child in the womb. Samson is referred to as a “boy” from the womb until death, indicating the time from prior to physical birth to beyond the womb. The Angel of the Lord told Samson’s mother, “The boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death” (Judges 13:7). Jesus is later described using the same Greek word after His birth (Luke 2:12, 16).Īnother example is found in the birth announcement of Samson. For example, John the Baptist is called a “baby,” using the same Greek word for a young infant, while still in the womb (Luke 1:41–44). Several other biblical passages refer to preborn children in the same manner as children outside of the womb. What is often overlooked in this verse is the fact that each child is considered a person at conception. This is the doctrine of original sin, the teaching that humans are born with a sin nature. On the negative side, every person is also sinful from the point of conception: “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me” (Psalm 51:5). God even has a specific plan for each person’s life from the point of conception, from “before one of them came to be.” The psalmist uses poetic lyrics to note God creates life in the womb, meaning that we have life before birth. Your eyes saw my unformed body all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Where does the Bible define the beginning of human life? A look at some of the passages on this issue offers clear evidence that God defines a person as “human” from the point of conception, not merely when a child draws its first breath.Ī key example of this view is found in Psalm 139:13–16 where David writes, “For you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
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