Hey Beautiful ladies! Today I want to revisit the topic of
body image and just encourage you to embrace what God has blessed you with,
yes!
A few months ago I uploaded a video to my YouTube channel
about Body Image and how we should remember that God makes no mistakes (see
below). But I feel like God placed it on my heart to share.
Personally, it is only in the last few years that I embraced
every part of who I was and decided to discipline myself in terms of eating and
exercising habits. Yes I am slim but I did not want to be an out of shape slim
woman. I spent a lot of time trying to put on weight to achieve the thick look
that people seemed to be rating as the ultimate standard of beauty. But because
of the way God created me physically (with no mistakes might I add) I would just gain
weight in my tummy which made me look like I was three months pregnant lol
(lunch baby).
The truth is, it does not matter who thinks I am beautiful or
not. Compliments are good but my heart has changed and is still being worked
on. I am not trying to please the eyes of lustful men, after all it is only one
man that I will marry anyway. God continues to be my husband [Isaiah 54:5] and my everything
so I will live to please Him. That starts with thanking him for His blessings
in my life, including my beauty.
I just want to ask you today to search your heart and
identify what you are insecure about. We will always have insecurities and
things to work on, but I feel that it is important that we are honest with
ourselves. We all have a common goal to spread the Gospel of truth and I want
us to be women that can do it confidently, bold and proud of who we are. Jesus
loves you like crazy! Please do not be ashamed of the way he has made you and
if it is something you can work on for a healthier life, think about how you
can set yourself goals to work towards it.
It feels good to be happy about my image, maintain my
exercise and eating goals and that my tummy is not as sticky outy as it used to
be lol! Have a blessed Sunday in Jesus name.