5 Tips for a Better Biblical Body Image

For most of my life I have had a love-hate relationship with the mirror. 

On the good days it would show me what I wanted to see: validation for all the effort and time I put into my appearance with dieting, exercise, beauty products and thoughtful outfits.

But on the bad days the mirror would show me my secret fear: the image of “not good enough” stared back at me. 

I hate to admit it, but this battle with body image took over my life for over two decades. For the majority of that time, it felt like I was the only woman in the world struggling with this issue. Isn’t it just like the enemy of our souls to trick us in that way and make us feel isolated?

In reality, I was not alone in this struggle. To the contrary, 91% of women are unhappy with their body and diet to change it.

That statistic paints the picture so well. The scope of the problem is staggering: 91%! Nearly every woman has struggled with her body image. The purported solution of dieting is designed for us to fail. 

How do you improve your body image? The world says to get a better body. But worldly ideals of “beauty” and “health” are what drag us down into this pit of poor body image in the first place. More dieting and more beauty products are not the answer.

Poor body image is a symptom of being too much in the world and not enough in the Word. The cure is the word of God. Dieting and beauty products can’t save you. Only Jesus can.

Instead of trying to change our bodies, let’s change our perspective about our bodies to have a biblical body image:

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