A Weighty Issue
Today has contained a highly personal discussion on the subject of self esteem, in particular; mine, or the lack of it. This mostly stems from the fact that things my size found on land are normally having buckets of water thrown on them by Greenpeace and being rolled back into the sea.
Now this is not a new thing, and the idea that it needs to change has been around for a long time. However, I am at the point where I have had enough, and no one can change it other than myself.
This is not a cry for some recipe to sort myself out, but just to make people aware so that I cannot hide it out of the way. Please ask me how things are going, and maybe a bit of hassling (although I get enough of that here!).
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NASB)
Now this is not a new thing, and the idea that it needs to change has been around for a long time. However, I am at the point where I have had enough, and no one can change it other than myself.
This is not a cry for some recipe to sort myself out, but just to make people aware so that I cannot hide it out of the way. Please ask me how things are going, and maybe a bit of hassling (although I get enough of that here!).
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NASB)
posted by Jon at
11:22 PM
2 Comments:
Hey mate, I've realised my body's a temple for a loooong time now, it's just that I've been extending the dining area :D
More seriously, I too need to address this problem which really DOES affect more than our health.
I'm all up for a natter if you ever fancy it.
Great step forward mate, go for it.
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Lee, at 5:13 PM
Somebody has given me that line before "Your body is a temple" my very quick-witted reply was "There are no services today mate" :p
If you remember me 6 years ago which of course you do Jon! I was a 16, and then you saw me at blaithwaite and the first thing yous aid was "look at how much weight you have lost!" do you know that made me feel good? but the difference in spirit here is, at a size 16 I didn't care what people thought, I was happy! I was pleased, and my relationship with God was so close! NOW: I am neurotic about food, exercise and combining the two in order to lose weight... because I think I would look "better" for who? does God care what size my waist is, or how small my tops are now? No! I am not in a competition for the most good looking christian....
I am entertaining a spirit of control in being neurotic, and I pray everyday for a breaking in this heart of mine, because I am sure I will have a nervous breakdown shortly!
Jon, you have an amazing heart... you are a great guy, and if you EVER continue to like a girl that becomes obsessed with the way you look point her out and I will go and beat the shallow betty up!
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