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My Eating Disorder Story: Battling Bulimia & Receiving New Grace
It's my pleasure to introduce to you our newest contributor, Alicia Hunter from Turquoise Grace. Today Alicia shares her story of battling bulimia and how God's grace has worked in her life to bring her to a new place of health. I hope you'll read it and encourage...
You Have Great Purpose
I looked out our second story bathroom window onto the blooming tree in our neighbor's yard. I noticed a massive number of bees swarming around it's blooms. There were so many of them I'm sure had I opened the window I would have heard the buzzing. I don't necessarily...
Why I’m Not Building My Children’s Self-Esteem
There are over forty-six million entries on Google on how to build your child's self-esteem. Forty-six million!!! We've been told for decades that this is the job of parents to make sure their children have healthy self-esteem so they can go off into the world and...
4 Reasons You Don’t Need More Self-Esteem
This is the first post in a mini series on self-esteem. If you are a follower of Jesus, I hope you'll read and prayerfully consider removing "self-esteem" from your vocabulary. I'm so dead serious about this my friends. We've been deceived that self-esteem is the...
Lessons from the DustBuster: Don’t Suck it Up
I unpacked all the fresh fruit and vegetables that once filled the box. It looked a bit on the dirty side, so I was anxious to get it off my kitchen counter. I carried the produce box to the garage, then walked back into the kitchen. That's when I saw it. A huge pile...
Coveting My Neighbor’s Belly: Pregnancy and Body Image Series
The Pregnancy and Body Image Series continues with this post from Erin on coveting her neighbor's baby belly! “You’re 20 weeks? You don’t even look pregnant!” “You’re pregnant? I would never have known it!” “Congratulations! You’re what, like 3 months?” Nope, try like...
How To Look Great in a Swimsuit: Believe the Gospel?
I watched an episode of the Doctor Oz show a few years ago that was dedicated to helping women look good in a swimsuit. Every woman in the audience looked beach-ready, wearing only her bathing suit (no cover ups allowed). The good doctor talked about all things...
Culture Says I Need Thigh Gap, the Bible Says I Need Jesus Meme
Our culture tells us we need to look a certain way to be accepted, valued and loved. But the truth is, we don't need thigh gap, better clothes, shinier hair, flawless skin or even flat abs to be valuable, accepted and worthy of love. Do we really need a better body to...
Summertime, Covet-time? Ending Summer Body Envy
Summer's here! Check out Wendy's thoughts on summer body envy in today's post, especially if you need a little humor to lighten your day! The beach is the worst place for it. Out there enjoying the sun and surf are hundreds of people in swimsuits. The ones that bother...
Just a Little More Beauty, Lord: A Poem
"Just a Little More Beauty, Lord," is an original poem! My first, in fact. It may not be Emily Dickinson but I hope these words will still touch you and (maybe) make you smile as you reflect on the truth about our desires and our body image struggles . . . Just a...