Here she was young, blond, tanned, and may have weighed 100 - maybe 120. It just broke my heart. First for her, she was so pretty and it was so sad that she did not think much of herself. But what I really think bothered me is that as a child - I was not fat at all and for some reason I thought I was - and even up into my teens. It is so sad that some how we are given unrealistic ideas of what we should be like. We're not pretty enough, skinny enough, tanned enough, whatever it is - we just don't seem to measure up.
God created each of us to be special and unique. We should not be comparing ourselves with other people - we are ALL unique. And I think the sooner that we accept ourselves just as we are - the happier we will be.We put so much emphasis on what we look like and I think that many times we over look the most important part of ourselves - the inner person.
Instead of asking ourselves if we are skinny enough or pretty enough - or what ever -I think the real question needs to be - Do I reflect the character of God? Which of these questions have the most eternal value?
*The above photo is a photo of me(striped shirt) probably the same year that I learned that my parents were going to get a divorce. And I don't look fat to me - why couldn't I have just accepted myself and seen my value - that God created me just like I was and loved and accepted me just the way I was. I did not know that then - but I have the choice to make now - do I believe God's Word - or not. I choose to believe.
This is SO true! You were not overweight in the least--yet you felt that you were. I had the same experience, but when I look at pictures, like you found, I do not look overweight. All these images come into our brains, but they are false. I love how you are retraining yourself to look at you and others--like the girl in the resturant--through God's eyes instead of through Hollywoods!
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