There. I said it. My pride hates admitting it, but when I look at myself I have an outright negative view of my body.
I like being confident. I love my outgoing personality and that helps me disregard anything anyone else thinks about me. But it doesn't matter if I'm my worst critic. I'm never good enough for me.
I don't want to get into details, but I wanted you to know. I started a new devotional and the first day centers around this one verse: "A good woman is hard to find, and worth more than diamonds." (Proverbs 31:10 MSG)
The author then goes into talking about how in order to understand your worth, you need to identify what destroys your worth.
I am detrimental to my own worth. I destroy my own worth by having a negative view of my body and a mean demeanor when I'm thinking about myself. If my body and mind are a temple, how can I honor that temple if my own words tear it down?
What defines our worth:
We were all made by God, for God, in the image of God.
FAM READ THAT AGAIN.
God created you. He created you for Himself. He created you in the image of Himself.
THATS how much He values you. That means there's no room to think negatively about myself when I know who I was created by, and for, and through.
I hope my little revelation is a light to you too. Today instead of looking at your thighs or your arms or your stomach and seeing imperfection I pray that you will see beautiful creation.
