Perfectly Imperfect

“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭139:13-14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Ephesians 5:29

After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church

Why is it so hard to truly love ourselves? God made us in his own image, yet we question why he made us the way we are. God said to love your neighbor as you love yourself, but do you truly love yourself? You need to learn to love not just the good things, but every imperfection and unique thing about yourself.

I have honestly struggled with this since I was a little girl. I’m naturally a really tiny person, and it’s hard for me to gain weight. When I was younger guys would tell me they were afraid to hug me because “I might break” One of my closest family members would ask my mom if I was anorexic because I was so small. Those words still impact me to this day. What you say to people can impact their lives for the good or bad. Watch the words you speak over people.

Things began to change my junior year. I started to gain muscle and got to a place where I was comfortable in my own body. Which that doesn‘t mean I still didn’t have insecurities or compare myself to others. Comparison will damage your self worth. STOP COMPARING, it will only do harm not good.

After I had my first baby things began to shift. My self esteem was really low and I began to revert back to my childhood thoughts. I didn’t like my body and people would make comments like “Eat a burger.” “Are you sure you eat?” All the negative words started to come back up from my childhood. It wasn’t until after I had my second child that I finally decided to take charge of my own thoughts and self worth. I will rehearse the word of God daily and declare what God says about me. Not only that, I decided to take charge of my health. I joined a boot camp, not for others but for me! I’m at a place where I’m finally beginning to love myself again.

We are perfectly imperfect people and that’s okay. Learn to love everything about yourself including your imperfections. Don’t let the negative words of others take hold over your life. God doesn’t make mistakes and he made perfect just the way you are.