God's Creation

This morning I kind of felt like I had been slapped in the face by someone in the office.... Sometimes I don't understand what goes through peoples minds before they open their mouth to say something. This is what happened... I was walking from their desk to the kitchen area and she said to me... "your calves have gotten bigger." I turned around looked at her and was like pardon, she then proceed to justify what she said by saying it's probably from all the exercise you do. I carried on my way to make some coffee feeling like crap because I don't really want to be told I'm getting bigger anywhere on my body at this point. I then started thinking of things to do to make my legs thinner etc...

When I got back to my desk the same person had sent me the following link on how we are cruel to our bodies with what we think about it.  http://www.women24.com/Wellness/BodyAndSpirit/This-ad-will-make-you-realise-how-cruel-you-are-to-yourself-20150331

After watching it I was like this is so true... I seldom think of or have anything nice to say about my body but I also wanted to scream at the person in the office who commented on my calves and wanted to say, "you just did this to me"

I then sat and breathed deeply for a bit to calm down. Something in my head just said... "Remember what God says about you". I was instantly taken to verses that I have stuck in my heart... "You are wonderfully made" - Psalm 149:13 and "you are Gods masterpiece" -  Ephesians 2:10.

I then thought so what if I have big calves - God still thinks I'm wonderfully made and I should care less about what other people think I look like instead of what the truth is. This isn't always the easiest thing to do but I think it's time I started standing on the truth more and less on what other people around me say.

xKx

 

Beauty

I'm pretty drawn by beauty. When I say beauty I don't mean material beauty, I mean way more than that.  I love pretty things but there's nothing that compares to  getting a glimpse of beauty around us.  Lately I've become more aware of the beauty around me and in the world I live in, it's almost like my eyes have been opened and I'm seeing everything for the first time.

When I walk down the street and I see the clouds in the sky with the early morning sun shining through and the sky is almost golden yellow from the rising sun, that is beauty. It makes me go "wow" almost every single morning when I see it.  The way the setting sun makes the ocean look super blue, that's also SUPER beautiful.  A flower growing on the side of the road, a baby duck learning to swim, a child holding their mothers hand and talking animatedly and they mother looking down with interest, a new sprout of growth on a tree... These are a few of the things that give me a glimpse of the immense beauty that God has created around us and it blows me away. 

Every day God paints a sunrise and a sunset to enjoy, he creates and has creates TONS of beautiful things that we really should be looking at daily. When I walk to walk or around Town at lunch I look around, often very distracted by what I can see and the beauty around that I walk in to poles... but there isn't s moment when I don't see the beauty around me because I actively look for it. 

I never ever want to stop seeing beauty in the world....

xKx