And today I so choose.
I've seen a lot of posts on Twitter recently saying things along the lines of "Sometimes I feel pretty, but then I see girls who are actually pretty on my timeline..."
I hate that.
Being someone who for so long believed she wasn't pretty enough or wasn't good enough, seeing posts on social media like that is heartbreaking! And those posts have so many likes, comments, shares, retweets. It's awful!
Who has set the standard for who's pretty and who isn't? There are so many different types of beauty in the world and I think it's so wrong that because someone doesn't (or multiple people don't) fit into the societal standard of what's beautiful, they're considered to be ugly.
Someone else's beauty doesn't mean the absence of yours!
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Comparison is such a destructive thing that can take over and control our lives if we let it. Satan will use that to his advantage by planting that seed of discontentment with our face, our thighs, our nose, our arms, our stomach, and then he'll water and cultivate those seeds until we've grown into someone who is full of self-loathing and hatred.
Riddle me this.
What defines you? Who defines you?
Is it your weight? How "on point" your makeup looks? How muscular you are? Your relationship status? Your grades?
All of those things are temporal and fleeting.
Over the past six months or so, I've been discovering the importance of finding your identity in Christ. He is not temporal or fleeting - He is eternal.
I've come to recognize that the only thing (or Being) worthy of all that I am is Jesus Christ. Placing your identity in anyone or anything else will constantly leave you striving to have more, to do more, to be more. Jesus accepts you as you are. He is full of grace and unconditional love.
Since I've begun intentionally placing my entire identity in Jesus and in who He says I am, instead of what others say about me or who I think I am, I've found myself filled with so much more love and grace towards myself, towards others, and more love for Jesus Himself - followed by a deeper desire to spend time with Him and build upon that relationship (aka the most important relationship in my life).
It isn't always an easy path. Sometimes I wish I was thinner, worked out more, ate fewer donuts, or had different life circumstances. But in those times, I know that I need to turn my thoughts and focus back towards God and His Word.
He will always be the only One who defines me.
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