This is the one that the enemy uses A LOT.
When I was about 40 pounds lighter...
That was something people always told me.
And I would snack on compliments rather than
The 2nd week of my class someone said I could be a model for our company.
I almost cried.
You see, my weight is still heavily associated with my beauty.
So me being heavier is an automatic default into the "great personality" slot.
I almost cried.
I'm about to almost cry.
I'm sick of falling victim to this scheme.
I want to focus on my eternal beauty.
I want to desire ONLY what is pure and good and true.
My weight, my struggle with my beauty and body... I am sick and tired of it.
Lord, I know you hear my soul within screaming for life...
I want to be SET FREE.
I'm tired of reading about all the different liposuction's, non-invasive surgeries out there.
I want to be COMPLETE IN YOU...
In 1PETER there is a verse about allowing our beauty to be that of the
imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit.
I often feel there is nothing gentle or quiet about me.
But that isn't what God is asking.
He is asking for me to allow HIM, the mighty counselor, the holy spirit....
HE is what makes me beautiful.
His life within me.
His gentle and quiet nature is what should be what I adorn myself in...
Not TRYING TO BE LIKE THE SPIRIT BUT LETTING THE SPIRIT BE SEEN IN ME.
just a thought I had...
Got it out.
Now I'm done.
1PETER3:4but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. 5For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves[...]"
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