Five Minutes of My Day: Black is Beauty

Sitting here in Jamaica at my host home for the week. The little boy who lives here is named Damari. We were talking tonight, and I made a joke about coming home from the beach and being red instead of white. He suddenly got very seriously and said, "Black is beauty. Some people say that black is evil. But black is beauty." He went on to say that he knows many people who have tried bleaching their skin, but he likes his skin color. Damari is nine. My heart broke for all these kids growing up in a place where people believe that their skin color could be anything other than beautiful. I pray Damari can be an encouragement to those around him, and that he would never doubt that God created him and thinks he is beautiful.