I want to be skinny.
I am not skinny...I am short and well, squatty.
I hate that...and i'm am really working on my body image. i must not be the only one...we as women spend over $40 billion a year (hello deficit) to go on diets, take pills and a variety of other things to make us skinnier.
then there are my girls...tall and thin...
{my girls tell me how beautiful i am all the time (probably because hubby does that)}
so apparently my #2 and #3 think a little extra padding is a good thing. this is how i find them playing mommy.
a little junk in the trunk
now those are some massive hips...i think she's even trying to pull off a little cellulite
and see how pleased they are with their new bodies...
not exactly washboard, but tea tray abs!!
I am reminded by my girls (again, i know) that my beauty is not from the outside and not really just from the inside...my beauty is to come solely from seeking to be beautiful for the Lord who created me. He created me (and you) and said, "it is very good". i am defined not by my appearance or my clothes or my things...
So I am led to 1 Timothy 2:8-10...read and think...then pray.
"Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it." 1 tim 2-8-10
So i leave you with my girls image of beauty...and a reminder that we are fearfully and wonderfully made...read it yourself in Psalm 139. Actually, to be honest, I am perfect. Wow...now that's amazing!
Comments
THAT IS HILARIOUS!
I would have definitely pulled out the camera too.
(sometimes MY KIDS are the only ones who will tell me the truth. haaahh!!!)
Love ya!!
What a blessing it is to serve a God who has given us a book of reminders of what true beauty looks like.
We have those giraffe jammies!!