Every girl will sit there and bash their body and constanty wish that we could look like a super model..
Some will even start to eat healthier and some will even exercise. Then again, there are those girls who will go to great lengths to get that super model body by becoming Bulimic (and for those who don't know what that is, it is an eating disorder, common especially among young women of normal or nearly normal weight, it is characterized by episodic binge eating and followed by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-condemnation. It is often associated with measures taken to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting, the use of laxatives, dieting, or fasting. Also called bulimarexia, bulimia nervosa.)
Being bulimic is a scary thing but gilrs will do it just to be "beautiful" but I'm not writing this blog to tell you about what is common among most young women to become skinny..
I'm writing this to try and help women to see themselves the way God has made them.
I'm going to be honest I struggled with my body image for two years I stopped eating (which is called anorexia) and then I saw my friend, who also was anorexic and having stomach problems because of it, so I stopped. But still, I was not happy with my body. My friend gave me a book to read and in it there was a character who was bulimic. I thought to myself, wow, this is a great way to escape from life! I can eat but I can just throw it back up and still become that "beautiful" girl with the model body.
This went on for almost a year and I kept on with my life. My father, who is the pastor of my church suggested I should get baptized, at this time i was 13 years old. I had agreed with him and we started to study and prepare myself to get baptized. So I got baptized, right afterwards as I was getting dressed, I had some time to kill and so I prayed for the first time in 6 months. I was praying for my friends and other people and then I heard God say, "Christina, you are so Beautiful." I didnt understand why I was hearing this, but I kept hearing it so I finally responded with... "What?" and He told me I was a rare jewell in His eyes, and that I can't care what people think about me, I need to care about what my God thinks of me.. because He created me, and I truely wanted to change my life for Him.
So, for those who think they are not pretty enough, I want to give you two steps to see your True Beauty in your own eyes..
1. Stand in front of a full length mirror
2. Take one simple thing like your lips or your eyes etc, and look long and hard and find the beauty in it.
Now, as I did this, it helped me to see my True beauty, so i want you to do this until you have taken each part of your body and found beauty in them. It may take awhile, but if you are having a hard time on one thing keep searching for that True beauty.
Because when you find yourself beautiful, you experience True and Pure Happiness.
Sincerely A Diamond in the Rough
