The Perfection of Beauty

So it's winter break and I decided since I have a bit more time on my hands, I'm going to go through every track on shai linne's The Attributes of God and review each track. So today I'll be starting with the first one.
The Perfection of Beauty is a spoken word piece by Shai's wife, Blair Linne. This is the only track to have a video to it since it was first released as a trailer to the whole album.
In this track, Blair talks about the beauty of God. She shows how we, as a culture, make beauty into something very shallow. We only care about what's on the outside but all beauty fades away. However, the beauty of God never fades away and when earthly views on beauty are compared to God, it all looks ugly. She goes on to tell us that beauty comes from within. It comes from a mind that is sanctified. A mind that walks with God. Although we can never hope to equal the beauty of God, we can rid ourselves of a vain view on what beauty is and aspire towards reaching the beauty of God.
I loved the concept of the spoken word piece. As a culture, we often place a lot of emphasis on external beauty. We idolize celebrities and models because of their looks. Magazines are always shouting on their covers ways to lose weight or to look sexier. The thing is though, that the standard of beauty is always changing. No matter who you are, you're never going to be that picture perfect air brushed model.
There's nothing wrong with trying to lose some weight or wanting to look better, but when that becomes the main point to your existence, then it becomes idolatry. And God warns us to turn away from all types of idolatry. True beauty will shine through when we become more like Christ. Earthly beauty fades away but the beauty that comes from Christ remains forever. We must be careful to not let our perception of what beautiful is come from what the culture tells us beauty is. When we allow that to happen, issues like low self-esteem and depression start to appear as we realize that we don't fit into what "beauty" is and try to mold our bodies to that image. God loves us the way we are because He made us the way we are.