Love Yourself

Hello Everyone!!

Here's my second blog of this year called "Love Yourself!"

Ever been in situations where you just didn't love you! Times where you didn't like you? The way you look? Big nose, small nose?  Big cheeks no dimples? Big thighs or short?You go through people's Facebook pages and people's Instagram's pictures and the more you see beautiful ladies and Gents you start to compare the way you look with the way they look? Then you become more and more depressed because you want to look like them but you are far from it? You wished you had longer hair, slimmer waist, more muscles or a better build?
Well ladies and Gents this blog is for you!
I'm addressing both men and women but I'll be speaking from a woman's perspective.

Growing up like I mentioned in one of my previous blogs I grew up with low self esteem! Never thought I was pretty enough and never thought I was good enough for anybody! Out of all my friends I would be the only one who didn't have a boyfriend or a guy after me. And to be honest it did hit me in a way because I thought if nobody comes to me that means that I might not be pretty enough nor beautiful enough! So I grew up with that mentality!  I would look at other girls!  Tall, skinny, long hair and all and I would think I wish looked like them!  I was a Christian don't get me wrong but I still didn't think I was beautiful!
Until the scripture  Psalms 139:14 was made reality to me! It says "I will praise you, for I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works and my soul knows it very well".
The more I was going through those times of not really liking myself the more this scripture would resonate in my spirit. And I had to realise that by comparing myself with other people I was telling the God of the whole universe,  the one who created me in his image and in his likeness; the one that formed me in my mother's womb and ordained me to serve him! I was telling that God that he made a mistake by making me the way I was! When I realised that I had to repent and tell God sorry for not appreciating myself,  sorry for not appreciating how you've created me! And I had to ask God to show me how to love myself! You see as human beings we were made for companionship that's how God created us however you can NOT and you will NOT  love your spouse properly if you don't love yourself! That's why for some people God delays the arrival of your spouse in your life because he wants you to learn how to love yourself and how to love Him. Then and only then will you be able to love yourself!  You will not only be able to love yourself but you'll be able to receive love!  All these things don't just come by wishing!  They come by having a close walk with God! Ask him to teach you about love! To help you to love yourself and give and receive love! To help you to see yourself the way He sees you! If you ask him He will surely do it!! Whatever can be changed if it's weight loss or eating healthier taking care of the body that God has given us by all means do it! But the things you can't change!  Learn to appreciate them because that's how God made you!
You are beautiful,  you are special, you are intelligent and loved!  Don't let the things you see the models you see determine how you are going to view yourself! Be bold, brave and confident in who God made you to be! Nobody else can be you better than you!
So when you wake up in the morning after your devotion, look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself: I'm beautifully,  fearfully and wonderfully made! The way I look is how God made me and I'm going to love ME!
Big nose, small nose, big lips, small cheeks, big thighs and whatever else. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!
Learn to value yourself!!  And don't ever sell yourself short!!
This change will not come suddenly! It does take time! But the more you do it the more you shut the door by which the enemy will try and come in to make you feel low about yourself!  As you do it! You will build confidence in who you are and you will be able to be all that God wants you to be!

Pray that this blog encourages you! Leave a comment to encourage others!

Love y'all!