Finally, I am content with my body, realizing that I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and I have unique beauty. Now I no longer compare my looks to others and feel insecure if I'm not the most emaciated person in the vicinity. Now that I'm not striving to be the thinnest in the land, I'm able to appreciate the way God designed me. Other people's beauty doesn't take away from mine, because theirs is a different kind.
Note to self
New habits mean a new way of life. Our natural impulses are often wrong. Nothing of significance is accomplished without a deep, driving desire.
Clothing
You cannot buy an identity. Browsing the racks and choosing from the limited options available does not define someone. Buying more expensive threads does not give someone class. People are not what they wear.
Prayer for true beauty
God, please forgive me for rejecting, disrespecting, and harming my own body. From now on, regardless of the world's twisted beauty standards, may I treat my body with love. May I be conformed to God's image and standard of beauty. May I be the person God created me to be, for that is true beauty.
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