Dignity

I just read a devotion thing I get in the mail. It was about women who were in New Orleans, well Mississippi anyways, and they were all at a salon that was already having about 16 customers....Before lunch. I thought the devotion was going to be about not caring about what you look like, you should be helping out. To my surprise it was about these women and how they were on the right track.
It must be something deep in our DNA, one of them said, and she's right. It is in our DNA. We are all made in the image of God and among other things, to care about our physical appearance is to care about that. It's a shame these women felt it necessary to apologize for treating themselves with appropriate dignity.
So many of the people there have lost just that. They feel they have no dignity left.
This feeling of self worth isn't excessive, nor is it silly. It is treating oneself with the care and dignity suitable to our family line. It's the same care everyone deserves, because God is our Father, and we are all made for and loved by Him.