Am I Beautiful? with Paige McBride
Paige is a wife, a mom, and the author of Beauty Not Beheld: A Daily Guard Against the Lies of Self-Love Culture. She is passionate about helping women engage thoughtfully and carefully with the Scriptures while also equipping them to embrace its teaching within our particular cultural setting.
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Show Notes
What is beauty?
When we say that something is beautiful, what are we saying?
Would you mind sharing a little bit about your experience as a competitive dancer, and how this experience shaped (maybe even distorted) your perception of “beauty?”
What are some of the lies our culture communicates to women today?
How has relativism affected our understanding of beauty?
Why do you think dissatisfaction with our bodies is common to women?
How would you define self-love culture? What are some practical examples of self-love culture on display in our society even today?
As you set out on a systematic study of Scripture and beauty, where did you find yourself studying in Scripture? Is this a study that you believe can be replicated by other women, and if so, how would you recommend doing so?
Did your study of the Scriptures and your meditation upon these core truths really set you free from insecurity?
Is it wrong to want to be beautiful? Why or why not?
How do we rightly care for ourselves, but not fall into the empty trap of cultural self-care?
How do we ensure that we continue to remember/believe these core truths about the Gospel and beauty, even when we struggle to appreciate what we see in the mirror?
Noteworthy Quotations
“Beauty is something that realizes and communicates the goodness of God.”
“We need to find ways to enjoy beauty outside of ourselves. Remember that you are not the only place to find beauty in the universe.”
“The heavens are beautiful because they confront our senses with the reality of God’s glory. They declare it to us.”
Recommended Resources
Beauty Not Beheld by Paige McBride
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness by Tim Keller
Jen Wilkin
The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman
Scripture References
Psalm 19:1
Romans 8
Genesis 1-3
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