Synopses & Reviews
Have you seen these headlines at your local checkout aisle? “Make Over Your Body: Exercises that can make you look taller and leaner in time for school.”
•“PRETTY, EASY MAKEUP: LOOK GORGEOUS—FAST!”
•“Beauty School: The key to having flirty eyes.”
•“Fall Shopping: Styles that will get you noticed.”
•“BEAUTY MARKS: This flirty body art is a sexy but subtle way to get noticed this summer.”
These are just a few of the “voices” that speak to young women every day from TV ads, popular teen and fashion magazines, and from their friends. So what is a girl, and particularly a young Christian girl supposed to do? Is beauty good or bad? Should girls want it, think about it, strive for it, or try to crawl into a cave and ignore it?
In Designed by God, Regina Franklin takes you on a journey from confusion to clarity about the perplexing subjects of beauty, modesty, and self-image.
If you believe what you see and hear in the culture around you, beauty takes work, costs money, and makes you a slave to the opinions of those who want to control how you look, what you wear, what you eat, and what you apply to your body.
But true beauty requires no such thing. Beauty isn’t achieved by knowing what to wear but by knowing who you are: the temple of the living God. Beauty is God’s truth shining into and through all who are willing to develop a relationship with the One who created us in His image and who wants us to reflect the beauty of His radiant glory.
Synopsis
Whether she's online chatting with friends, reading a magazine, or watching her favorite television show, today's young woman faces a constant barrage of guarantees that she can become prettier, skinnier, sexier. Find the perfect look. Lose ten pounds. Buy designer clothes like the stars. Attract your favorite guy. Is it any wonder that young women always seem unhappy with who they are? Is it any wonder that when it comes to modesty and demeanor, many young Christian women look much like everyone else in the culture? Regina Franklin speaks honestly but sensitively to young women about who God created them to be.
About the Author
Regina Franklin has taught high school English in both public and private schools. Working alongside her husband, who is a full-time youth pastor, Regina feels a strong burden for young women in their church. She and her husband, Scott, have two children and live in Georgia. Regina is the author of Who Calls Me Beautiful?