Discouraging Thought: I am fat and ugly.
Loving Instruction: "I praise you . . . " - Psalm 139:14a
Encouraging Truth: " . . . for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well." - Psalm 139:14b
In college, I was told by a pastor's wife that you should be able to stand in front of the mirror and quote Psalm 139:14. That was very weird for me to hear, really wondering why she would tell me that. Now I know. When I look in the mirror, I see lots of saggy skin covered with stretch marks, wide hips, acne, and dry, frizzy hair. Thankfully, I can hide most of those even though they bother me terribly some days. However, I do realize the importance of not putting too much emphasis on trying to acheive my pre-baby body. It is quite the miracle for our female bodies to create, grow, deliver, and feed another human being. So even though I don't particularly love the changes having children has caused, I don't resent them. I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. . . . Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them." - Psalm 139:13, 16
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