My little rant on women of the church

First off... I love you! But I have noticed a SERIOUS problem lately. EVERY time I walk into a group of women (this is mostly about the women I interact with everyday, the ones in my church but I am 100% sure that this holds true to all the women of America) they are always talking about how fat they are. It doesn't matter if they are 300 or 92 pounds, it's always the same. I swear that between every woman in the church, EVERY fad diet has been tried. And it's just a little aggrivating.

Now I am not against being healthy. If you feel run down, tired, and you think that eating a little better or excercising would help that than PLEASE do that. But honestly you guys are so obsessed about numbers and pants sizes that no one can ever feel happy.

I mean I am four times bigger than all of you and I am fairly sure I have a healthier body image. I love the way that God made me. And do I want to be healthier, yes. But my goal is not to lose 20 pounds or something, it is to be able to go on the hikes up that I love to do without getting short of breath or sick. I want to be able to enjoy God's creation.

In short, I am saying that we as christian women are called to a higher calling than this world. There are SO many young women out there who stuggle with anorexia or bullemia, infact I bet many of you have as well. But worse off than weight or health is the poor self image that America is feeding people. The idea that you'll never be good enough can lead to depression, self harm, and thoughts of suicide.

I say this becaue I have been there. I have had to find my identity in Christ no matter what I look like. Being healthy and taking care of what God has given you is one thing but being dissatisfied with it is another.

Look at it this way, when you walk into an old run down house do you think "This house is HIDEOUS! I can't believe that it looks like this!" Then do you run out and get new paint and get angry while you fix it up? When you're finished do you say, "Finally! This looks presentable." Or do you look at that run down house and see potential?

If you were to take in a foster child would you be mad at them and punish them until they behaved how they should? Or would you love and nurture them as God made them in to who they should be? How you treat yourself should be no different.

God made you and he knows every part of you head to toe. He knew that your hairline was going to be too far back, your toes too long, your thumbs not symetrical, ect. But He loves you just the same.

What message are you sending to your daughters, or the girls who look up to you? And I am the biggest hypocrite too, going on a fad diet that my mother is convinced is not healthy just because eveyone else at church is doing it. But what i'm saying isn't don't diet or something like that, I'm saying.... Infact I am daring you:
Don't say ANYTHING bad about your body for one week. Don't even entertain a thought about it. It's a dangerous road. One that I know too well.