Beauty in Christ

Dealing with Anxiety and Conquering It (Episode #92)

January 21, 2019 By beautyinchrist Leave a Comment

Dealing with anxiety constantly; that was my life for about 8 or 9 years. I still recall the runs I would think about all the things I had to do when I got home from a run. I felt almost paralyzed by the anxiety over it. I can still remember all the moments of trembling, fear over every single calorie that went into my mouth. Anxiety was a constant ‘friend,’ and I hated it.

Anxiety is real, but how many times in God’s Word does He tell us to “trust” Him. I’ll share just a small sampling of those verses.

Psalm 37:4-6, ‘Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.’

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Why I Got Rid of Most of My Clothes From 5 Years Ago

January 15, 2019 By beautyinchrist 4 Comments

I got rid of most of my clothes from just 2 or 3 years ago last year. I now have almost a completely new wardrobe. And I kind of feel wasteful doing that, but it was important. Why was it important? I got rid of them, because I was laying aside the weights of eating disorder that I had had for so long, the feelings that I HAD to be size ‘small’ to be healthy.

It’s ok to get rid of your clothes and embrace a new healthy size… #edrecovery #inwardbeauty

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I love the new ‘me.’ I love the new perspective, the renewed mind the Holy Spirit has renewed in me about my body.

My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and I need to take care of it. That meant I need to be bigger than my former size.

That meant. Getting new clothes. Getting rid of smaller sizes and getting to bless other people with them.

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Talking to Young Children About Body Image and Food (Episode #91)

January 10, 2019 By beautyinchrist Leave a Comment

Young children. I love them. They always have such wide eyed wonder, such curiosity, such a sweet dependence on the Lord that I need more of; yet they are also impressionable. They also will listen to you and often believe a lot of what they hear without filtering it. They need discernment. They need teaching. Deuteronomy 6 talks about teaching your children as you lie down, as you rise up, as you walk by the way.

And teaching children a HEALTHY God glorifying view of food and body and exercise is not easy in a world filled with talk of ‘body sizes’ or foods being ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ It so often focuses the children on what is ‘wrong’ with a food instead of thanking the Lord for that gift of food, whatever it is.

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The Argument for ‘Less is More’ (Intentional Time Management)

January 8, 2019 By beautyinchrist Leave a Comment

Have you heard of the term, ‘Less is more?’ I love it, but I sometimes have a really hard time knowing what that looks like. You see . . . I’m kind of, or I REALLY am a people pleaser by nature. The past year God has been really working on my heart to root this verse in more deeply.

‘For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.’ (Galatians 1:10)

Often this past year (2018), I found myself saying, ‘Yes’ to more, because I couldn’t bear the thought of letting others down, but that meant I was acting like: I’m ‘sovereign’, I’m in ‘control’, and that the world depends on me.

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