Sunday, January 15, 2012

God's Image

Saw this quote on Facebook and wanted to share:

"Love your body "as is." Look at the mirror and appreciate YOU. Focus on your positives. Don't focus on the parts of you that you wish to change. Many times only you are the one who focuses on them. Nobody else does. Just be grateful to be alive and that you are a wonderful soul who is living in a body."
How true is that?  We always find something wrong with us and never seem to be happy.  "If I could just lose 15 lbs., if my hair was thinner/thicker/wavier/straighter, if I was taller/shorter, if I was darker/lighter, if I did/didn't have freckles, if my eyes were blue/brown/hazel/gray, THEN I'd be happy.


God made us all in His image, so we are all beautiful in our own way.  Like a potter molds a creation out of clay, he molded each and every one of us.  If we were all the same, how boring would life be?  By allowing us to have different features, he has given a beautiful variety to the human race and we need to appreciate our own spot in it.     





People are like roses.  Rose bushes of course look beautiful from afar.  You can see their beautiful colors against the green of the vines and leaves.  However, if you get close enough to observe one, you can admire the intricate details of each petal.  Each curve, each layer, each bud is so delicate just like each one of us.  Very specifically made and cared for.
  
The next time you are tempted to make a resolution to change the way you look, ask yourself why?  Who are you trying to impress?  Who are you changing for and why?

God had a reason for you to be the way you are and He loves you just as you are.    


Then God said: Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth. 

God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 
God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.   ~Genesis  1: 26-28





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