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I heard a voice shouting this morning. This was not a whisper on the wind of even a stern word. This was a shout, a plea, a yearning from God’s heart to restore His daughter’s image of herself.
‘Lay down all your weaknesses and flaws. Lay down what you think isn’t perfect and let me fix the distorted image that you have of yourself.'
Maybe I just see myself as different because I put the image of how I think a woman should look like, on a pedestal.
When I look at myself in the mirror, I see a girl that looks so much different from other girls. My body, my hair, my face, everything seems different to me, but is it really? Maybe I just see myself as different because I put the image of how I think a woman should look like, on a pedestal.
It is time to hand over my broken pieces of self-image over to God and allow Him to glue it back together with the Kintsugi method
Well, it is time to take that image off from that pedestal and break it. It is time to hand over my broken pieces of self-image over to God and allow Him to glue it back together with the Kintsugi method. It is time to shine again with the golden glue that shows that the Restorer has restored my brokenness. It is time to allow the royalty of God and His restoring power to fix me.
The Perfect One smiles upon me.
Today I was able to allow the pressure of perfection to be taken from my shoulders and to not be burdened by it any longer. I do not need to be perfect because the Perfect One smiles upon me.
Today I experienced the glory of God as my loving Father. I got to experience His Fatherly pride over me. I got to hear the Father’s laughter over me as I shrieked for a spider and I got to laugh with Him. I got to lay down my fake cloak of perfection and jump into His arms without holding back, in order to be surrounded with the perfect comfort.
God is not just restoring my overeating; He is restoring my broken pieces connected with a messed-up image of myself. He is fixing my heart.
One piece of Scripture that has been resonating in my heart the last couple of days, is Psalm 139:13-15, 13 You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. 14 I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex! Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking. It simply amazes me to think about it! How thoroughly you know me, Lord! 15 You even formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place, carefully, skillfully shaping me from nothing to something.
My prayer is that every woman with a broken image of herself will get to see herself through the eyes of the Father.
I urge you to listen to Lauren Daigle’s ‘You say’ tonight and ask God what He says about you. Write it down and stick it onto your mirror. When you get ready for the day, read what was written and be reminded of who God says you are.
Lots of Love
Inge xx
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