We Are Created in His Image...Work Hard, Love Yourself!

I am NOT blogging for your approval. I am NOT blogging to argue. I am NOT blogging for compliments.

I am blogging today for those of you who think the only way to become successful, feel good, or look good is through expensive programs or materialistic things.

Have I turned to clothes, makeup, and programs in hopes of looking and feeling better??

You bet I have and let me tell you... I NEVER have found it there. All those "things" left me wanting more. Feeling more insecure and never feeling complete.

The older I get the more and more comfortable I am feeling in my own skin. Why, you ask? My "why," is God! The more time I spend is His Word and surrounded by believers, the more I see just the way He created me. The imperfect, full of flaws, cellulite, and irrational emotions... ME!!!

God tells me this...

Genesis 1:27 "So God created mankind in His own image"
Psalm 139:13-14 For you created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Roman 12:12 Do not be conformed by the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Hard work, determination, water, good eating...ALL go a long way, but nothing is complete without loving yourself totally and completely just the way He made you.

Sure some need programs to get a jump start, but in the end it ALWAYS boils down to a complete lifestyle change from the inside, out. No program, clothing item or accessory, makeup, or other individual will ever give you the results you are looking for.

Accountability is crucial to our Christian walk. Honesty and truth is crucial to our relationships. This same concept follows us to our body image.

I Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.

Our bodies are His.

What we "feed" our little girls can be detrimental to their image. Are we showing and teaching them their image comes from all the "Worldly" things or are we teaching them it comes from God? I have a little girl, who sadly struggles with this. Through that process it has helped me to grow to love myself more and more and be more conscious in showing and teaching her that beauty only comes from within. ALL that other stuff, sure looks good and feels good, but it's always covering up what God wants others to see....HIM.

I am guilty of looking in to and researching many programs and today, I am giving you my infomercial...

No weight loss supplement, No starvation, No Jenny Craig, No Beachbody, No Thrive, No Military Diet, No Keto, No Nutrisystem. Only a PURE mindset change, hard work, and acceptance to love my flaws!

9 months PostPartum with baby #4 and I feel GREAT!!! Sure, I am tired some, but who isn't with 5 kids!!

No make up... No filter... No program... I work out to feel stronger and to be a better me.  Ladies, it is possible and I am willing to help or hold anyone accountable to just being YOU!