Body Image

I think body image is something a huge percent of people struggle with, girls in particular. I have had one of my very best friends struggle with annorexia and bullemia. She went away for several months to an institution to be treated. Little does she knowher problem has probably saved me from my own. Body image is something very difficult to deal with. There are very fine lines that cross from just wanting to be more in shape or unhealthy ideas about yourself. It breaks my heart when beautiful girls can't see the beauty everyone else see's, but it is a tragedy when girls lose their identity of who they are in Christ because they are so consumed with the lies in their head about how they look. I know the struggle, I have been there in a small way, but I have heard those lies and I have also learned that God can conquere them. It is such a common thing these days, yet the feelings are real. Girls are torn apart by this "common" condition. We need to be careful and make sure our culture doesn't start recognizinga girl struggling with eating disorders as "the norm." Pay attention to the little things, you may help someone more than you had expected. Be the one person they need to start winning the battle.