I admit it. I am overweight. The ER called me obese. That hurt. I immediately started hating my body. Every morning I would wake up and speak ‘death’ over my body. I won’t repeat my negative thoughts here, I don’t want to give them any more power
My thoughts were bad. I felt defeated. I have been on disability for the last seven years. It has been a difficult road. Back issues, hip issues, blah, blah, blah…I have prayed for healing. My husband and my church family have prayed for me. But here I sit. Overweight and depressed about it.
But God…yes, but God. He gave me a revelation:
- What if I loved my body, right now, overweight and all?
- Would my thoughts change?
- Then would my behavior change?
- Could God renew my mind in a way that my own willpower can’t?
- Would I find a way to honor God and my body in a new way?
“For You formed my innermost parts;
You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.“ – Psalm 139:13-14 AMP
God loves us, just as we are, right now. Why shouldn’t we? I find that I have been measuring my worth by my waistline. Yes, me. The girl who writes Christian music, blogs about how God has delivered her again and again? Yes, the girl who is honored to be one of the amazing Worship Leasers at Church? Yes, me.
I need a new start with a new mind. I have been dwelling too much on this issue. Truthfully, it has become a sort of idol. These negative thoughts have buried my hopeful heart. Enough already! Lord help me cherish this tent You have given me to live in. Reveal how much You love this body so I can treat it better, in Jesus Name!
“For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members (parts) of His body. “ Ephesians 5:29-30 AMP
What about you? What would you change if you would choose to love yourself, as God loves you, right now in this very moment? What if we gave ourselves the same grace that God gives us? What if we gave ourselves the same grace we show to others? (Ouch!)
I don’t know about you, but I am changing my thoughts. God says we are beautiful and His special possession. He says He knit us together in our Mother’s womb. He adopted us into His family. He called us chosen, forgiven, and free!
“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; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” – Psalms 139:13-16 NIV
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9 NIV
I think I will tell the enemy of my soul to shut up. I don’t have to listen to those negative thoughts. They are not true. Instead, I will choose to speak the Word of God over myself and see what happens. I know if I change my thoughts, my actions will change.
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.” – 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 NIV
I trust God to help me find ways to honor this body…and who knows what He will do with that? Lord, today I choose to love my body, as You love it. Not what I think, not what society says, not what the ER says…but what You say.
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]? You were bought with a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honor and glorify God with your body.” – 1 Corinthians 6 : 19-20 AMP
And please, DO NOT use this post as a place to promote your weight loss programs. There are so many out there. I know, I have people everywhere trying to sell me their program…I’m not buying! It’s not about any weight loss program – it’s about getting a fresh revelation from God about how He loves us and how He created our bodies to carry His Spirit – weight or no weight!
How about you? What if you chose to love yourself as God loves you right here, right now, just as you are? Leave me a comment below and let’s figure this out together…
“Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.”
- Proverbs 12:25 NIV
“Do not remember the former things,
Or ponder the things of the past.
“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even put a road in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.” – Isaiah 43:18-19 AMP
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness”. – Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
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