A friend and I were talking recently about how as the summer approaches, women are faced with the pressures of fitting into bathing suits, dieting, and undergoing procedures to achieve the “beauty standards” created by society. Most of us already judge ourselves all year round, ??♀️ but as soon as summer begins to approach, that level of judgment rises a little more and we become less patient with ourselves. We get frustrated and our ability to be kind and loving to ourselves diminishes.
As we kept talking we also started acknowledging how the enemy tends to attack specially women with thoughts of inadequacy, not looking good enough, not being pretty enough, skinny enough blah blah blah….The thoughts of criticism, and judgment which come into our minds, deplete our energy and weaken us. When we can recognize how these types of thoughts make us feel we have to try to put a stop to that.
One of the things I want to remind you with this message is that there is a reason why you are here at this precise moment on this earth RIGHT NOW. You are not an accident you were thought about and created in the LOVE of God. ❤️ YOU were formed by the most amazing being in the universe, the Father of Love. Your identity is Love. You have the capacity to Love more, to LOVE YOURSELF a lot more, to love others more, to be more forgiving and kind and to be able to have the power to reject negativity. That Love is power in your life and always available to you.
Sometimes when I start to criticize myself I start to think about the basic things that I can feel and recognize in my body. I think about how thankful i am for a body that can move, heal, deal with the food that i put in it, i also like to turn my attention to my beating heart, I try to feel my heart which reminds me that those beats that I hear are because God continues to want me here on this earth. Each beat is a gift , and opportunity that God gives each one of us to learn, develop, grow and discover who we really are in this life.
As we’re able to turn our attention to our inner self and to God, we can start to recognize that we’re way more than our physical body. We also have a soul that adds to our beauty and our confidence. The physical body will always change, we will all age and little by little look different than when we were younger. So, basing our worth on how we physically look is damaging and it will never be satisfying enough.
God wants to teach us even with the process of changing bodies and aging that this is all part of what helps us discover our soul! When we discover our soul and begin to connect to that more, to love our spirit as well as our physical body. That connection to our soul will low is to be less affected by the way our bodies ch age through the years etc. We will find more confidence in God and the inner light that we bring i to ourselves will be seen outwardly. God sees our true beauty, He sees how AMAZING YOU ARE! ❤️He wants you to see yourself as He does. He wants you to love yourself and what he has given you, to try to achieve your goals with His help, wisdom and guidance. Because with Him you can do all things! ???❤️
So, Don’t waste these moments you’re given criticizing yourself and falling for the traps of negativity that the world and the adversary try to feed you. You have power from above to recognize your beauty, to see your light and to bring more of that into your life. You have the most amazing gift which was given to you even before you came into this earth, and which will never be taken away. That gift is the gift of having the LOVE OF GOD! ❤️
The enemy doesn’t want you discover that relationship you can have with God and he definitely doesn’t want you to love yourself at all! ??♀️ He doesn’t have a body and that frustrates him. That’s why he trues to attack our minds with thoughts of not loving ourselves. The enemy wants us to be as critical as possible of our bodies and of ourselves. He wants us all to mistreat our bodies In any way possible. Wether that is through criticism, judgement, overeating, laziness, unhappiness, ingratitude, addictions and comparison. He is hard at work to attack us starting with the thoughts that come into our minds. His tactics are many and we need to be aware, vigilant and daily increasing that connection to our power source within us. The power that our Father in Heaven has given us to reject evil and have the good out power it. It is through having the light of God that we will be able to recognize and repel the garage that tries to bring us down.
As you start to have more awareness of who you are, you begin to realize that YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD!!! That you have DIVINE POWER WITHIN YOU EVEN THE DNA OF GOD IN YOUR SOUL. So, you have the power to choose positive, loving thoughts and reject the negative, discouraging and judgmental thoughts. Take a moment to calm your mind, to take some deep breaths and give yourself an opportunity to connect to God, to express love for yourself and for what you’re blessed to have.
Allow yourself to feel that gratitude for the body you have. Even with with your perceived “imperfections” and all. Thank Him for giving you a body that works, that allows you to experience your human life and to be the temple for your spirit. Acknowledge what a gift you have to have this body and remember that every time you’re critical of it, your body hears it and your mind believes it. 🙁 So, change your words (even if you don’t believe them at first…) practice speaking to yourself in a kind and loving way. In the way that you would speak to that little girl or the little child inside you.
Be positive! Speak life, health and blessings over yourself. The light of God is already within you. Hold on to it and allow it to be way more present within you. ? God will continue to bring peace to your heart, He is the God of love and wants you to experience that love within yourself. Don’t seek it externally because it is not there. No procedure, no changes to your physical appearance will ever change the love that God has for you or the love that you can feel for yourself today. That love is available to you right now, hold on to it and let it grow and allow you to make the choices that won’t be affected by the world outside of you. The confidence, peace and love from God is better than anything else the world can offer. You’ve got it with you! Remind yourself of that daily, and choose to do all that is good to strengthen your relationship with God and with yourself. ?
1st John 4:16 Says; And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ? So, dwell in Love this week and notice the difference.
Love you all and hope that you can give yourself more love today by joining us at 6:00pm to strengthen Body, Mind and Spirit. ??❤️ You won’t regret it and it will feel renewing, amazing and empowering. ?❤️ ?
Love,
Lili ?
