You Were Made For Beauty

If GOD Himself came to you and gave you a beautiful, ornate vase; JUST for you. But maybe it was not shaped the way you really like or decorated exactly how you'd like it.  Maybe it was too curvy, or too tall, too short, too round, too skinny, there was just SOMETHING you could find 'wrong' with it...... would you hide it away in a box in the closet somewhere? . . . NO- you would proudly and gratefully have it on a shelf or mantle to be displayed beautifully. You would keep it clean, and make sure it stayed beautiful, because it came from the hands of your Creator- someone special!

If we would treat a gift from God like that so wonderfully, then why don't we treat our bodies the same way? The Bible says we are fearfully and WONDERFULLY made.... made with great reverence and perfection. We are His workmanship, His CROWN of creation- we were MADE for BEAUTY . . . Why do we ALLOW other people, or the enemy to dictate our thoughts about the beautiful "vase" God has given us?

'Oh, that vase doesn't go well in your home'

' You'll never keep that vase clean'

'That vase is ODDLY shaped!'

'My vase is MUCH prettier than yours'

'WHY did He give you THAT vase?'

'Your vase isn't fancy enough for that mantle'

It goes on and on with comparison. "My legs are too short", "My feet are too big", "My shape isn't feminine enough" HOLD ON!

COMPARED TO WHAT???

God DIDN'T make you HER.

HE MADE YOU, YOU! BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL YOU! EMBRACE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR THE FRAME YOU HAVE. EMBRACE THE BEAUTY AND UNIQUE QUALITIES THAT ONLY YOU POSSESS. BECAUSE GOD CELEBRATES YOUR BEAUTY AND SO SHOULD YOU.

If you've agreed with the enemy or another person who isn't in line with God's Word, then you are LYING to yourself. Whatever insecurities we face as women with our body or beauty- I can tell you this:

IT IS REALLY A SPIRITUAL PROBLEM. . .

Most of us are overfed physically (not with food only), and underfed spiritually.

When we struggle with our image, or our confidence, it is because we are NOT clinging to THE TRUTH of who GOD SAYS WE REALLY ARE!

FORGIVE YOURSELF, let go of past mistakes or failures. Christ forgave you.

Before we can truly physically lose weight, we must SPIRITUALLY and MENTALLY lose weight! What I mean is God must come in and BREAK off the chains that have bound you since you were a young child. You've got to break your thought patterns, break your habits. If you are an emotional eater... wait... maybe I should say, WHEN you emotionally eat (haha) you are trying to fill God sized void with FOOD! It will NEVER work!

A full surrender will give you the success you are desiring. When we ask God to be our running partner and surrender those desires or emotions, those labels that have been arbitrarily forced upon us, He WILL set us free!

Begin speaking God's TRUTH of WHO YOU ARE over yourself- change your thinking, and begin to see the transformation to be the beautiful vase you have been created to be!

MY CHALLENGE TO YOU: CHOOSE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR FRAME THAT YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR! -- leave me comments if you'd like :)

God's Truth for you!
* Dont you realize your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price, so you must honor God with your body (1 Cor. 6:19-20)

*YOU (God) satisfy me more than the richest of foods. (Ps. 63:5)

*So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God (1 Cor. 10:31)

*... If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone away, behold, the new has come! (2 Cor 5:17)