just what i needed today. . .

I receive lots of different e-mails and devotions but when they hit home they really hit home. I so relate to this being an adult with pimples

Mentoring Moments BlogCast published a new entry entitled "Do You Have Pimples In Your Life?" on 1/28/2009 8:19:13 PM, written by Carla Anne Coroy.


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Do You Have Pimples In Your Life?

My youngest daughter was standing in the kitchen ready to practice her violin. Her oldest sister said, “What’s on your cheek?”



“Nothing. Just a red spot,” replied the youngest.



Two other kids crowded around her instantly, pressing their faces close to hers to inspect this ‘red spot’.



“Hey, you’ve got a pimple!” her sister announced.



“No,” countered her brother, “it’s a real live ZIT!”



So she ran off to the bathroom to check it out. Could it be true? Would it really be happening to her?



As I watched this happen in front of my eyes I said nothing. I was trying to come up with words of consolation, not to mention trying to console myself that my ‘baby’ has pimples! I needn’t have worried though.



She raced down the stairs to tell her dad and brother the big news. As she danced her way back up the stairs she flung her hands into the air and with great flair said, “Finally! I can’t believe I’ve finally got a pimple! God really is helping me grow up and not stay a kid!”



Who can argue with that logic? If only I looked at my circumstances and trouble with the mature perspective of my eight year old daughter.



As women we often look at the hard things that come our way and struggle with them like we did with the pimples on our faces as teenagers. We forget that with growth comes pain, with maturity comes the acceptance that not everything will be perfect, good maybe, but not perfect.



“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 (NLT)



Is there a ‘pimple’ in your life that you’ve been picking at and complaining about? Why not rejoice instead that God has already overcome the world and the trial you are in today is as fleeting as yesteryear’s pimples?

my verses and thoughts for weight and body issues

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body." I Corinthians 6:19-20

"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." I Peter 3:3-4

A gentle and quiet spirit is the result of placing my full trust in God - not in my looks, talents or abilities.

If I think positively about my body I have a healthy body image. It has no correlation to what I weigh or how I look.

A healthy body image is characterized by three major components: respect, care and perspective. A woman with a healthy body image respects her body, takes care of her body and keeps her body in perspective.

"comfortable in your own skin" by Dr. Deborah Newman

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm 139:13-16

"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." Romans 1:20

"We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves with themselves, they are not wise." 2 Corinthians 10:12

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" I John 3