With the new year come New Years' Resolutions - many focused on losing weight and being healthier. I've thought a lot about this through the years and again this year with many "bad" thoughts about my body and feeling guilty for eating this or that - often feeling like a "bad" person. Easy to do when our society is bombarded with stick thin models, diets everywhere you turn, and people who say they're being "good" or "bad" depending on what they're eating.
I was talking with someone who said that she heard an older woman say something about her tummy. My friend said, "I thought when you got older, all that body consciousness went away....that you would just wear a muumuu and not worry about it." When she said that, something clicked in my mind. Here is an amazing woman and daughter of God who was feeling poorly about her body. Is that what Heavenly Father would want her to feel? I'm sure not. Her body is a precious gift from Him. We came to Earth to receive our bodies. None of them are the same - we're tall, short, fat, thin, dark haired, blonde haired, healthy, sick, etc - and each of us is beautiful.
I think when we die and are awaiting the resurrection we are going to miss our bodies - no matter what shape they're in. I'm grateful for mine :)
AMEN!!! Thanks Katie!
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