“Sticks & stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.”
This cute little children’s saying is one of the biggest lies ever told.
The truth is, words do hurt & the problem with words is that they spin around in your head until you are dizzy with the things people have said to you.
This is especially true when it comes to our body image. If anyone has ever made a comment about any part of your body, then you know how that comment can grow & swell until it’s all you can think about.
Our culture doesn’t help because the constant images displayed to us tell us that we need to look a certain way to be loved & accepted.
We begin to become insecure about parts of our body & then we wear those insecurities like jewelry. The enemy uses these things to cause us to believe we are not as good as someone else because of what he wants us to believe is a flaw.
Satan wants our insecurities to hold us back but we have the power of the Word of God to combat negative self-talk about our body.
God has created each of us uniquely & perfectly for His plan. Our bodies are amazing & we often forget to appreciate that aspect. We are infinitely loved by our Father & He gives us truth to silence the voice of the enemy.
If you struggle with body image or even just negative talk surrounding a certain part of your body, try using these scriptures to help you overcome this issue.
God created your inmost being & you are fearfully & wonderfully made; His thoughts toward you are too many to count & they outnumber the grains of sand on the earth. {Psalm 139:13-18} ~ You are created perfectly & God thinks about you constantly. That alone should cause us to stop & contemplate that His love for us should override our ridicule of own body, which is ultimately His creation.
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago. {Ephesians 2:10} ~ You were created for a purpose. God made you for a specific reason & He made your body specifically how it needs to function & look for that reason.
For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. {1 Samuel 16:7} ~ You are more than your body. You may not like how a certain part of you looks, but are you comparing your body to photo shopped images that aren’t realistic? God doesn’t look at you & see flaws; He looks at you & sees His own Son who lives in you.
You are a beautiful, masterpiece, which God wants you to be uniquely different than anyone else in the world. Hold tight to the truth that God loves you & meditate on these scriptures to reshape how you think about yourself.