As I read over this passage, I couldn't help but pass it on! It's so important to become comfortable in your own skin, to love your body, and embrace it in its whole. In Psalm 139:13-16, David spoke to God in awe and in gratefulness of how He created him fearfully and wonderfully. God, Himself, created each of us in His image. How astounding is this news once fully taken in? That means the whole of you is beautiful and lovely, and not in a vain way, but truthfully. He's placed too much in you, for you to allow media, magazines, and others to bring you to an insecure place.
The excerpt was so inspiring to me, because once you reach this freedom where you love who you are, and the framework that God Himself sculpted, you cannot be touched by jarring negativity. I especially adored: 'Love your body, and your children will grow up loving theirs.' It just reminds us that our choices, not only affect us, but also those who will look up to us. I would love to watch my daughter carry on a healthy self-esteem and love for her body as a result of my cultivating it in her life!
I thought the photograph was a beautiful representation of loving yourself. I pray that the nudity is not offensive to you. I just felt moved to find a tastefully nude photograph to enhance the point of embracing your full self.
Bonne Nuit!
Source: Blackbyrd
Such a lovely reminder. Just the other day I was remembering the verse in the Bible where it says we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
ReplyDeleteAmazing post! You're on a roll this new year! :D I love the scripture, I must remember it. And the photo in no way offends me. It is tasteful, and therefore I don't mind. Nudity is a part of life, but I don't believe it should be such an OPEN and depraved part. Life you spoke about here, we must accept ourselves. And once you know God and know that he has made you and finds you beautiful then it's so much easier to.
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