in the image of God He created them...

i have a lot of reservations and insecurities pertaining to who i am. 


i get insecure about the way i look, what clothes i wear, how my makeup is, how my hair looks and most definitely how much i weigh. 


currently im listening to phil wickham "you're beautiful" and something struck me.

Genesis 1:27

"So God created man in His own image,
in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them"

when we sing about how beautiful God is, we need to remember He gave us all that beauty when He created us.  and when we hate on ourselves and pick away at what we dont like... we are hating at what God created and God Himself.  we are created in His image.


i pay too much attention to what others want me to do.  i think i have stifled myself by allowing others to make decisions for me when its my decision to make.  and i think that is partly why i am so lost...


i want to put less stock in others opinions of myself and more in what God thinks of me.  since i am created in His image after all.  plus i think it matters more what God thinks of me.  others tend to focus on my outward appearance-God focuses on my heart.


and so! i plan on having less reservations with my outward appearance. taking more risks. taking more chances and flourishing in to the me that God created.  because by letting others control what i do and how i look im not living up to the potential God has for me.  and i want to know what He had planned when He created me.