you weigh! It is only a number! Instead we should focus on
the "Name" that God has given us. He loves us fully and without
condition or else perhaps He would have given us a "number"
instead of a name. Here are a few of the names God has given
you and I:
1. beloved
2. redeemed
3. forgiven
4.victorious
5. blessed
6. healed
.....and so many more! Ok so these are not really names
but they are who and what God says we are. Let's not get
caught up on the proper mechanics of words and their particular
parts of speech and their function.
Society and the world give us words and we accept them as
our names or labels such as:
1. dumb
2. ugly
3. fat
4. useless
....and so on! they are all just words right? But as we know
words have negative and or positive affects on us. Words have
creative power. So are we going to believe what the world and
the enemy of our soul says we are, or what God and His word
says we are? I choose to listen to the WORD of TRUTH.
"YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL,VICTORIOUS, STRONG,
HEALED,and so much more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you
Hisdaughter:
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this. I am not a woman as
everyone knows and I have never struggled with
weight but I have struggled with my self esteem
which i am guessing is what the main thing that
is affected when one is struggling with weight.
As you know I am raising my two little sisters,
my younger one believe it or not is a piece of
cake and the angelic face to go with it.
My other little sister, a young teen, well
let's just say she is a "different story" though
she also has an angelic face. She is already
struggling with what she believes to be weight
problems and low self esteem. Thank you so much this is helpful to me.
Dario-
DeleteYou are so welcome, I always try to cover topics
that are important and relevant to our online family's
life and needs, especially Spiritual needs.
I so know what you are talking about when you
talk about low self-esteem or any variation of it if
you know what I mean. Thanks be to God that we can and
should look to the Lord and His Word to build, strengthen,
or support how we see ourselves and who we are.
Yes you probably know that teen girls and their
body image is a big deal. I will post more in that area
in the near future. Until then please feel free to post any
question or ? you might have and I/we will help you find
resources you might need if any one of your friends/sisters
on this sight are not able to answer for you.
Ah Hisdaughter-
ReplyDeletethis is all so true and I am sure it hits to the heart of
most women and even a lot of guys I know. You are so right
also in pointing out that God didnt give us a number so who
are we to do that to ourselves. Yes we need think more about
and embrace the names that God has given us.
Sarah-
DeleteYes I think that is one of the things that is so big
and wonderful of our God! He is "God", our creator and
yet he loves us so much that He spoke and speaks great
things about us, we are way to important to Him to give
us a number as I said above or simply a label.
wow this is so true!I don't think there is a woman
ReplyDeletealive, other than the lucky rail-thin women who can eat
what they want and not gain an ounce, who doesn't know this
to be the truth. It is sad I think that the number assigned
to our weight = who we are.