Flaws and All....

Temple:

I’m sure some of you have seen the adverts or even watched the season premier of Ruby- a reality TV show (on The Style Network) that documents one woman’s journey from obesity to a more healthy lifestyle. I was literally glued to my TV screen last night. I truly connected with Ruby, however much I don’t know her, because I understand her struggle. I’m pretty much going through a similar situation: battling sporadic eating habits and even more irregular exercise routines. I have reached the point in my life where I’m tired. Not physically...but mentally and emotionally. I’m tired of being socially incarcerated by what others might think of me; I’m tired of shying away from the flashes of a camera; and I’m tired of wearing a façade that, for many years, has helped me to veil these things from those closest to me. Watching Ruby gave me a sense of urgency…enough to want to do something before my current state of apathy completely takes over.

I finally understand that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6.19) and filling it with bad things is actually a direct defilement of God.  God made everything good…but some of that good can be turned into bad. It’s the same issue with believers who smoke weed…as much as it might feel pleasurable and as much as God created cannabis I highly doubt that he created it for the purposes that it is greatly being distributed for today. Weed, just like alcohol, is an intoxicant .In the days of the Levitical Priesthood…if a priest entered the house of God intoxicated he would die. Period.

Hungry:

Anyways…back to weight issues. I “accidentally” stumbled across this book Hungry by plus-size model Crystal Renn (left- before and after). It documents her journey through modeling, which took her from a size 0 to a size 12.  After reading a bit about her story I am so truly inspired! I can’t stand Hollywood’s obsession with uber skinny women and worse the pressure on these women to be uber skinny in order to have success.  Please hear my heart: this is not a rant against size 2 women because there are women that are naturally skinny and look stunning that way! This is me sounding off the shallow perception of beauty society has adopted. It shouldn’t matter what size someone is at all as long as they are naturally that way and are healthy (Shock horror!) I mean…take for example Nicole Richie. I am NOT even about to assume that she starved herself because of the external pressure that she faces as a high profile person but I really need to ask: what was wrong with the way she looked in 2004? She was healthy, glowing and beautiful!

I wonder…if there was no such thing as the perfect body size…or no such thing as make-up…if our perceptions of true beauty would be the same?

K... (Zadok’s daughter)