I was talking with someone the other night who said about herself “ I’m grossly overweight”
I can tell you she wasn’t.
It has taken me over 50 years to actual talk to someone about my body image issues.
I can tell you now that I’m still learning but I’m learning to say to my self..
“I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
Genesis 1:27 KJVAE
The world tells me I should look a certain way and weigh a lot less!
God says of me and you
“You were made in Gods image.”
When we berate ourselves for not looking a certain way or self loathing. We are saying to God that
He made a creative mess!
We were created to be His image bearers.
What does it mean to be His image bearer!
It means to show His character, being loving,showing mercy full of kindness etc.
Micah 6:8
What does the Lord require of you?
To act Justly
To love mercy
To walk humbly with your God.
Another scripture says
Love your neighbour as yourself. That is a difficult one to put into practise if we are not loving ourselves,how can we love our neighbour?
We need to love ourselves, love what God created us to be.
Comparison is a thief of joy.
God never compares what He creates.
When God created this amazing world, He saw what he had made and said it was good.
He didn’t make a giraffe and then a hippo and say “oh boy that’s too fat and that’s too skinny.” Or “I wish that Hippo looked a bit more like that Giraffe! “
He saw both of them and said
“They are good.”
Lets live as God image bearers being what he created us to be.
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