Accept­ing our bod­ies the way God made them is a great FEAT amongst WOMEN. We are BOMBARDED with media PROPAGANDA every­day, telling us WHAT beauty is, and WHO beauty is.

But we know the WAYS of this WORLD are not Godly. The ways of this WORLD do not pro­mote PEACE of MIND and instill JOY in our HEARTS. The ways of this WORLD are RECKLESS, harsh — even CRUEL.

Society’s DEMANDS and EXPECTATIONS for our BODIES to look a CERTAIN WAY places a con­stant STRAIN on our MINDS — the Bat­tle­field. It HARBOURS in us a poor BODY IMAGE that as DAUGHTERS, and PRIESTESSES, and PROPHETS of God, should not BE.

Every time I WEIGH myself on a SCALE — and I’m sure many of you can RELATE — I am DISEMPOWERED because it’s not SHOWING me the NUMBERS I want to SEE! No mat­ter how MUCH cloth­ing I SHED or how EMPTY my STOMACH is.

This has been going on for 24 YEARS! I’ve let a super­fi­cial IMAGE and IDENTITY define what I’m sup­posed to look like, HOW much I’m sup­posed to WEIGH, and my JEAN size.

So HOW are we BEAUTIFUL then? Truly?

How’s that for BEAUTY?!!! I BET you FELT a SHIFT there! I know I did! It makes you feel SILLY for get­ting hung up over the TRIVIAL, the super­fi­cial that DOES NOT last, and not embrac­ing the way God made us — glo­ri­ous, mag­nif­i­cent, and PERFECT!

So THAT’S why for ME this YEAR, my NEW YEAR’S res­o­lu­tion, is to REBUKE the DEVOURER, the THIEF of PEACE, and the AUTHOR of HAVOC. I RESOLVE to use my Heav­enly Armour against HIM, and DECLARE peace and joy just the way I AM!

NO MORE will I let the media and peo­ple in the LIMELIGHT define ME — the actresses, the mod­els, BEYONCE.

This is the year I WILL no longer weigh myself REGULARLY. I will now ENSURE a HEALTHY body weight by the WAY my CLOTHES fit ME. The SCALE will NO LONGER keep me SHACKLED and in BONDAGE! I will con­tinue to be FAITHFUL with my ANNUAL check-ups.

Of course, we can’t let our­selves SLIDE either. Exer­cise and eat­ing the RIGHT foods is God’s PROVISION for WELL-BEING and LIVELIHOOD. It is his PROVISION for our BODIES to work effi­ciently, endurably, and with LENIENCY.

Car­dio­vas­cu­lar exer­cise and strength train­ing add YEARS to our LIVES. The SWEET ripe fresh­ness of FRUIT that was CREATED for Adam and Eve in the GARDEN of EDEN Gen. 2:8,9 is still meant to be the STAPLE of our DIET today.

Every SEED bear­ing plant/vegetation was CREATED by God to be sus­te­nance and NOURISHMENT Gen. 1:29,30. Some WOMEN are at the OPPOSITE end of the SPECTRUM.

Instead of engag­ing in MODERATE exer­cise and acquir­ing SENSIBLE eat­ing habits to get to their NATURAL and healthy body weight, they hap­pily CHOOSE to STAY the SIZE and WEIGHT that they are, which accord­ing to physi­cian STANDARDS, PROVE them to be PRIME can­di­dates for hyper­ten­sion, dia­betes, high cho­les­terol, heart dis­ease etc..

Let’s find a BALANCE ladies. If your physi­cian tells you all is well with your BODY, and you EXERCISE and do your BEST with eat­ing well, LET’S no longer STRESS.

We NOW (speak­ing those things that be not as though they were) have PEACE of MIND and BASK in the mar­vel­lous­ness of HOW we were MADE, WHY we are MADE, and WHO MADE us!

Hal­lelu­jah!

If your HEALTH is at RISK, take the nec­es­sary steps to get to a HEALTHIER state. DON’T ignore or DISMISS it. A lit­tle EFFORT every­day will ADD up in the LONG RUN, and you WILL get to WHERE you NEED to be. God will ENSURE it.

For you can do all THINGS through HIM, and what seems IMPOSSIBLE to you, is MORE than POSSIBLE with GOD. His GRACE is MORE than ENOUGH! I CHALLENGE you today. TAKE a LOOK in the MIRROR at your WHOLE SELF.

What do you SEE? Who do you SEE? And can you be ALL-FEARFUL & WONDERFULLY accept­ing of IT?

YES!

I INVITE you to JOIN me this YEAR to embrace our BODIES to the fullest EXTENT — with the HELP of our God. Take this VOYAGE with ME, God is for it, so let’s NOT be AGAINST IT!

Bless­ings & favour upon YOU this YEAR!

Other Posts in the Ministry:

Why Absti­nence Makes You More Attrac­tive Than Bey­once
5 Steps to Over­com­ing Your Food Addic­tion
3 Bible Verses to Help You Over­come Depres­sion
Are You Ready to be a Healthy Woman of God?
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