Brett's Discernment

Prov. 31:30 - Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is a thing to be praised.

Women should take pride in this verse and "approach the throne of grace with boldness" and leave behind . . . Reminds me of the time at CFLC when I had a camper I suspected of an eating disorder and generally a superficial, low self-esteem bunch, and got all the girl campers on camp together and held a bible study about being a woman (yeah, it sounds cheesy), and self esteem.

I like this verse. A song which has struck a similar chord with me:
India.Arie, I am not my hair (lyrics:)
Is that India? What happened to her hair?

Little girl with the press and curls
Age 8 I got a jerry curl
13 and I got a relaxer
I was the source of so much laughter
15 when it all broke off
18 when I went all natural
February 2002
I went on and did what I had to do

Cuz it was time to change my life
To become the woman that I am inside
97 dread locks all grown
I looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that (hey)
I am not my hair I am not this skin I am not your expectations (no) I am not my hair I am not this skin I am the soul that lives within
Good hair means curls and waves.
Bad hair means you look like a slave
At the turn of the century
Its time for us to redefine who we be
You can shave it off like an African beauty
Got in on “loc” like Bob Marley
You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey
It’s not what’s on your head, it’s what’s underneath (say hey)

I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations (no)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within

Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity Expressing my creativity
Breast cancer and chemotherapy
Took away her crown and glory
She promised God if she was to survive
She would enjoy everyday of her life
On national television her diamond eyes are sparkling
Baldheaded like a full moon shining
Singing out to the whole wide world like hey

I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations (no)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within

If I wanna shave it close or I wanna rock locs
That don’t take a bit away from this soul that I got

If I wanna wear it braided all down my back
I don’t see nothing wrong with that


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The reviews of the movie Lady in the Water were all bad. I looked hard before I saw the movie to find a good review. I really like M. Night Shamalan's movies, especially that as in Signs and The Village he makes a statement about the human condition.
This was a great movie!! Go see it. The levels of sophistication in the plot and the amount of suspense balanced with great humor was unbelievable!! Plus, I'm a sucker for any movie which plays with the question of the human condition, its future, and especially Christian symbolism. M. Night also does well at ambiguously raising the question of faith. Not faith in anything in particular, but just belief. Amazing. great movie. Go.