If you are struggling with body image issues, you're not alone. Whether you have an eating disorder or body image dysmorphia remember that it doesn't define you. Find your identity in Christ. Find beauty in Jesus.
Diet culture has been perpetuating volatile ideas about food for decades. Whether you have struggled with disordered eating or not, there’s a good chance that the undercurrent of our thin-driven culture has influenced how you think about food, health, and your body. Unfortunately, this diet culture is largely (if not entirely) based on lies.
Whether you’re getting ready for a family vacation, to be a bridesmaid, or heading to your hometown for a high school reunion, it’s tempting to try to get into shape specifically for these special events. But is that really God-honoring? Or is it just deadline-driven vanity?
Today’s popular culture tends to idolize times when we have it all together. Hooray for the exercising moms with booming entrepreneurial ventures and tidy houses. Yay for the career women, stylish and bold, offering innovation in their field. Their ducks are all in a row.
But what do we do in seasons of challenge? How do we honor God when we feel like we have nothing to offer?
You might be watching the likes and comments roll in on your weight loss pictures, feeling fantastic as others celebrate your “success,” but the damage rippling out from your post reaches farther than you might think.