Paparazzi 5: I see London

I see london... I see france... I see someones... yeah... you know it too... And not only can you finish the song, but if it was not 0 degrees with 20 inches of snow on the ground you would be able to see what I am talking about. We are surrounded by people and images leave nothing, or at least very little, to the imagination.
There is much to say about this, but there are particularly a few dangers that relate to students. Are they really just a “hot” body, or are they something more... Is there some compelling motivation for modesty in a world where underwear is so outthere? Can the unique treasure of our sexual identity and beauty once again be made beautiful and unique as well as sacred and special.
There are lots of reasons to keep your privates private, even when culture so rewards your for showing them off. The best reason is really for you. When you treat your unique beauty as common, something to be freely shared, then that is what it becomes. If you do this, you will lose sight of how special you, and everyone else really is. But you are so much more than just a hot body... and your beauty and physical body are a treasure that God has given you and is worth the most at the right time.


In the Bible there is a story about a very rich King named Hezekiah. Hezekiah had it all, but he made a very stupid mistake that I want to tell you about.

In 2 Kings 20 this is what happens:

13 Hezekiah received the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.


SO Hezekiah showed every treasure he had to the Babylonians... a country with a massive military...

What do you think happened next in the story?

Let find out:

14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did those men want? Where were they from?"
 Hezekiah replied, "They came from the distant land of Babylon."
 15 "What did they see in your palace?" Isaiah asked.
 "They saw everything," Hezekiah replied. "I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries."
 16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to this message from the LORD:17 The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

SO what do we learn form this?

If you want to keep your treasure safe, don't be stupid like Hezekiah and show it to everyone!