I guess we all have our areas of improvements when it comes to serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I might as well just throw one of mine out there, mainly because it has been staring me in the face all day as a huge piece of cake. Not just any cake, one of my hubby's best cakes. It starts as just an ordinary rich chocolate cake then it is soaked with caramel and sweetened condensed milk right when it comes out of the oven. After it cools, he then adds cool whip and crushed butterfinger...............oh my, oh my!!!!!!
You are probably wondering how this leads into one of my weak areas in my walk with Jesus. I have a love/hate relationship with my body just like so many other women out there. Today as I was pondering eating a piece of that cake (actually struggling and fighting with the urges, not really pondering) I came across a Victoria Secret mail flyer. If that wont make you quit thinking about eating, what will? After seeing the super skinny, probably air-brushed beauty, I didn't want to eat a piece of spinach, let alone cake. So you see, this can become a real issue with me focusing not on what is on the inside but on the outside. Don't get me wrong, we need to be healthy and exercise and take care of the body God has given us, but it has to be for the right reasons. My reasons are not always, actually hardly ever for the right reasons.
This is a constant prayer and a constant thought I have. I know there are so many women that can relate to this, especially after having children. It seems no matter the size I am, I'm not happy with it. I have bad days and good days with this. I'm hoping to have more good than bad in the future.
"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7
i shared this on fb. candy....you nailed my every thought, every day. i've battled outer image since 6th grade. in my adult years, sometimes starving myself, and trying every diet plan (good or bad) that i could. every dr. of mine has tried to work with me on these thoughts, telling me i am exactly where i should be, (and sometimes UNDER WEIGHT). although, my ex husband told me daily that i was fat, or my butt was getting too big. i weighed 110 lbs. and 5'7" at that time. i hear his words today, every day and fight with my inner self to know he was wrong. i wasted so much time worrying about my weight, and i still do.
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