Some of my readers may be wondering what my beef is with body image. What is wrong with me that I don't want to be as thin as possible? That I don't want to dress suggestively? That I am a virgin who is saving herself for marriage?
Man and woman were created in the image of God. God knits every baby together in their mother's womb. Doubting our beauty, trying to change our appearance to something unnatural or unhealthy, is flying in the face of God. It is denying the wisdom or validity of His plan and replacing it with a human construct that doesn't take into account His design and plan. Now of course there is the other extreme, where people let their health go entirely, who don't restrict their diet, but the key here is balance and seeking God's will as opposed to our own.
What is average, healthy, and natural is not something that we are aware of anymore. The unnatural extreme is the new normal. How do I know that? Because my normal, healthy, average body was always considered by peer and health guideline alike to be overweight. If our doctors don't even know what they're talking about...why should the layman? Fortunately, God does know what His ideal is and can give us peace about something that is outside of our control due to the way our food and lifestyle have changed over the past couple of centuries.
Man and woman were created in the image of God. God knits every baby together in their mother's womb. Doubting our beauty, trying to change our appearance to something unnatural or unhealthy, is flying in the face of God. It is denying the wisdom or validity of His plan and replacing it with a human construct that doesn't take into account His design and plan. Now of course there is the other extreme, where people let their health go entirely, who don't restrict their diet, but the key here is balance and seeking God's will as opposed to our own.
What is average, healthy, and natural is not something that we are aware of anymore. The unnatural extreme is the new normal. How do I know that? Because my normal, healthy, average body was always considered by peer and health guideline alike to be overweight. If our doctors don't even know what they're talking about...why should the layman? Fortunately, God does know what His ideal is and can give us peace about something that is outside of our control due to the way our food and lifestyle have changed over the past couple of centuries.
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