I cannot get Lisa Isherwood’s words out of my mind; she speaks of the world, and particularly the church not being ready for strong confident women, and of how any women showing signs of confidence find themselves undermined. One of the classic ways is through bodily shame; women’s bodies change and fluctuate more than men’s, through puberty to pregnancy to motherhood and menopause our bodies swell and change.
This is not a weakness, but all too often it is portrayed as one!
Today I choose to claim God’s word that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I have swept through my ridiculously large collection of clothes that I might just fit into again and embraced the me that I am…
I have given birth to 6 children, I am almost 6’ tall and am a size 16/18, my bones are large, I inherited them from my father, and according to the Drs health charts I fall within normal ranges…yet I have felt unattractive and unlovely for years ( no matter what Tim has said to the contrary!).
Today however I have chosen to release the 46 year old me to outgrow the ludicrous demands of the advertising agencies, and to embrace who I am.
The clothes are going to a local Charity Shop, and I have chosen to know myself afresh as fearfully and wonderfully made…
Please would someone remind me of this decision tomorrow….
