Image issues
I know I wrote a post already today, and you are free to read it of course but then I had more to say. Satan really got me this morning as I went about my day asking me why I think anyone cares about what I have to say. Well, I want you to know that I shot him down real quick. Is it because I am a steller Christian? No, it isn't and I'm not. It is because of those I write to, you. You see I started this blog way back when I moved to Virginia because at the time those I deeply loved and I knew deeply loved me were far far away in Arizona, Idaho, and at the time California and in Georgia for Dan. Wanting to shorten that distance a bit and not lose touch with the fam. and my dear friends, I started a blog to keep them updated with my life. My sis, Michelle, has her two blogs so I keep up with her there. My SIL Laura has a blog and facebook so I keep up with her there. Since then of course my blog has expanded to have other purposes like an outlet for writing as that is my passion. So you see, Satan be damned (get it? LOL funny, well 'cause he is), 'cause I know I'm loved and I got an awesome family and awesome friends who care about me and I don't have any doubts about that 'cause they always let me know it, well you always let me know it. :) So, there, that's that.
Oh, why I'm writing another post. Right. Well, I was watching Good morning America this morning and I saw a bit about mom's and how, how they portray themselves effects how their daughters few themselves. Whew! Did that make sense? I hope so. Anyway, I know I wrote that already, but I had a little more to add. I wrote it in my journal and thought I would write it here to share. So here.
Dear Lord,
"For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." Psalm 139:13-14
"So God breathed life into Adam and Eve. When they opened their eyes, the first thing they saw was God's face. And when god saw them He was like a new dad. 'You look like me,' He said, 'You're the most beautiful thing I've ever made.' God loved them with all of His heart. And they were lovely because He loved them." Sally Loyd-Jones in The Jesus Storybook Bible
If I was made by you , my blue prints were made to replicate You, then how can I see me as anything less than beautiful? Oh yes, my sin is certainly ugly but I am not. I am Your daughter. Someday Sarah will hear someone tell her she looks like her mom. If I've already conveyed to her I am ugly or less than the daughter of the Utmost, then that will never be a compliment. Heck, it may be scarring. I then and not the world will have planted that see of Satan's lies about her appearance.
Sally Loyd-Jones also wrote, "God wrote 'I love you', he wrote it in the sky, and ont the earth and under the sea. He wrote his message everywhere!" Why then would I want to listen to anyone else after all what have they done in comparison to You? You created me, You loved me, I strayed, You still loved me, You proved it.
Amen
I'll say that again. Amen. Having a daughter has really changed my perspective. A few wisdoms that have come my way recently is that what I think of me others will think of me also. If I am over sensitive about my weaknesses, then so will others. My insecurity is me highlighting my weaknesses, some of which aren't even weaknesses, just me portraying them as such. There is an authur speaker, Andy Andrews who wrote once that we need to make a desicion and make it the right one. That isn't always easy and sometimes complicated but you know, its right. I am always frustrated when I cry 'cause I see it as a weakness. Well, what will Sarah think when she cries then? 'Cause I gotta say there are a lot of times those same tears are refreshing and it isn't until they finally come that I am able to have clarity in my mind and in my heart. Anyway that is an example as the body image issues are. So basically how I see me will effect how Sarah sees her self. I'm not weighed down by that though because I am made in God's image. So why have an issue with that? ;)
Oh, why I'm writing another post. Right. Well, I was watching Good morning America this morning and I saw a bit about mom's and how, how they portray themselves effects how their daughters few themselves. Whew! Did that make sense? I hope so. Anyway, I know I wrote that already, but I had a little more to add. I wrote it in my journal and thought I would write it here to share. So here.
Dear Lord,
"For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." Psalm 139:13-14
"So God breathed life into Adam and Eve. When they opened their eyes, the first thing they saw was God's face. And when god saw them He was like a new dad. 'You look like me,' He said, 'You're the most beautiful thing I've ever made.' God loved them with all of His heart. And they were lovely because He loved them." Sally Loyd-Jones in The Jesus Storybook Bible
If I was made by you , my blue prints were made to replicate You, then how can I see me as anything less than beautiful? Oh yes, my sin is certainly ugly but I am not. I am Your daughter. Someday Sarah will hear someone tell her she looks like her mom. If I've already conveyed to her I am ugly or less than the daughter of the Utmost, then that will never be a compliment. Heck, it may be scarring. I then and not the world will have planted that see of Satan's lies about her appearance.
Sally Loyd-Jones also wrote, "God wrote 'I love you', he wrote it in the sky, and ont the earth and under the sea. He wrote his message everywhere!" Why then would I want to listen to anyone else after all what have they done in comparison to You? You created me, You loved me, I strayed, You still loved me, You proved it.
Amen
I'll say that again. Amen. Having a daughter has really changed my perspective. A few wisdoms that have come my way recently is that what I think of me others will think of me also. If I am over sensitive about my weaknesses, then so will others. My insecurity is me highlighting my weaknesses, some of which aren't even weaknesses, just me portraying them as such. There is an authur speaker, Andy Andrews who wrote once that we need to make a desicion and make it the right one. That isn't always easy and sometimes complicated but you know, its right. I am always frustrated when I cry 'cause I see it as a weakness. Well, what will Sarah think when she cries then? 'Cause I gotta say there are a lot of times those same tears are refreshing and it isn't until they finally come that I am able to have clarity in my mind and in my heart. Anyway that is an example as the body image issues are. So basically how I see me will effect how Sarah sees her self. I'm not weighed down by that though because I am made in God's image. So why have an issue with that? ;)
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