In the end, I realized I loved my body then far less than I do now.
Not because of the way it looked back then compared to 2 'gifts' later, but because of all the things my *new and improved* body represent.
I am gradually becoming the person I was created to be.
I am beginning to FEEL acceptable in even the most awkward situation
(i.e. swimsuit modeling.)
Now I know what I look like, and I still long for my cover up to act as a diffuser...
But the thing is, if I had to trade what is happening inside me right now to get the old body back, it would never be a fair trade.
The person I was before I had kids, got married, returned to God - She was not beautiful, not really.
Suffice it to say, I finally like who I am becoming.
A secure, God-lovin' lady - lumps and all!
4 comments:
Gotta love you for it.
i think that is the place God wants us to get to. the older i get the more comfortable i get with myself, not only my body, a little bit headed southward, a little bit bigger, but what God is doing on the inside of me far out weighs the external.
i think that is there in that exact spot where we find who Christ intends us to be. to be the captivating beautiful women that He designed us to be.
then, we are ready to give to our children, what God has given to us.
I agree would not change anything for a younger me I like the place I am at and what God has made me and my friends. This is the most friends I have ever had in my life.
I agree! Even though I look more & more like my mother (snicker), I am so much more happier with myself. Of course there's always those nagging extra 20lbs that are harder & harder to lose the older I get but like my son J says, "Momma, you're the best mom a son could ever have!" ... that's true Beauty!!!!!!
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