People with anorexia nervosa, just for one instance, may
struggle to recognise the observable truth as everyone else might observe it,
with regard to their outward appearance. It is a tragic irony, that, whilst
they feel fat, they atrophy more and more to the point where it is an alarming
risk to their health. The psychological premise to this condition has already
threatened and compromised their well-being.
But we may all have conditions about ourselves where we fail to
recognise golden truths that are important, particularly, in this case, in
regard to our relationship with God – and what God thinks of us.
Everyone is in relationship with God, whether they believe in
God or not, because life necessitates every single person, and life – the
creative, dynamic life – is God.
We have the opportunity, as we sit or stand or lie down, to
comprehend this truth: in God’s eyes you are beautiful.
God conceived you in his mind well before you were conceived in
your mother’s womb; well before your mother and father, united by the exchange
of their genetic material, surrendered themselves for the other. You were
conceived in love, notwithstanding the circumstances of your conception. God
was there overseeing every detail, notwithstanding the situation your mother
and father were, individually, in.
God ensured it was you
who was conceived, and by natural or even artificial conception, you won a race
of one in 1,000,000 to claim the prize of life as your own. Nine months before
you breathed your first breath you won your first race – your biggest triumph –
and God was there cheering you on, having designed in his perfect plan that you
would be the winner! It was the first time that God’s plan and your
faithfulness to follow God’s plan came together. And you weren’t even required
to ‘be’ there. God was already showing you favour.
Knowing how beautiful you are to the Lord your God requires a
response.
You must do all you can to fall in love with
the person God is in love with – you.
This is no personal obligation, but an obligation we have to take God at his
Word. Understood this way it’s easier to do God’s will – it’s for your own
benefit. Who would stand against themselves?
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Obeying God is, first of all, about
believing his truth: he who created you, and who thinks you’re beautiful and
perfect, wants you to agree. When you have agreed, and you can love and accept yourself
as he made you, then you may be used more and more for his glory.
© 2014 S. J. Wickham.
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