Love the BODY that you're in

Hey ladies! Actually, hey y'all! There could be some men that read my blog and if not then in Jesus name there will be some. Thank you! Thank you again for coming back and reading another post or if it's your 1st time, thank you for dropping by!

I was supposed to be making a follow up post to my last post https://www.gardenofarose.com/post/what-do-you-know-about-lent buttttt HS (Holy Spirit) took me in another direction.

I got a 2 piece work out outfit from SHIEN a few weeks ago, maybe like 2 months ago now. Why do we always say a few months ago and it's been really about 3 months plus some ago? Its one of those IG model skin tight but breathable workout sets and it's supposed to be a crop top but I pull my shorts up to under my breasts hahahaha (I'm not a crop top wearer). I've been back in the gym for 14 weeks now and I wanted to get some pieces that are giving "she's cute" and "okkkk girl". So I already knew it was a figure peeping set and I was already not feeling 100% confident in it but I decided to put it on anyway!

When me and my kids got to where we were going my child said "What's this"? as she was grabbing my love handle. I was thinking "really girl"? So that made me feel insecure about making the choice to wear the set. My husband could see me off in wonderland and deep in my thoughts and he asked what was wrong, so I told him that I didn't feel like I looked that great he said I looked "juicy" so that made me feel better.

Later on after leaving the event I said ok, you put this outfit on because you were going to go to the gym, so go!!! I didn't go earlier because it was misty raining and a little cold. I didn't want the kids to be outside in the cold while I was working out. So after a while we get home and I asked the kids if they wanted to go on a walk because all this time had passed and I STILL didn't go to the gym yet. By the way the rain had stopped. So the kids said yes so we were on the way for our walk. I decided to take the hilly part of the base so that I could really sweat. Wrong! What I did do was almost regret my decision to take the hilly part of the base and turn around.

Do you know what happened before we left for our walk? I saw my neighbor friend and she said "why do you look so good every time I see you'? Talk about a mood booster! I couldn't believe she gave me such a grand compliment! It truly made my day!

It's something about people you don't know giving you a compliment on the days when you don't feel like you look your best! Strangers, your kids, and your little sister are going to tell you the absolute truth!

What I have been doing is making sure I don't look a mess when I leave the house. A great friend of mine wrote that on a post. It was something along the lines of "when you leave the house make sure you look presentable". I have gone out thinking I was just going to run an errand real quick and then end up doing something completely different and feeling super low because I felt how I looked, a mess!

When we look good we feel good! It's another reason why I decided to start to go back to the gym on top of wanting a way to release stress.

To tie the story back to where I was going originally. The point of this post is to tell you to put that outfit on girl! We get so caught up in what others think but the only person that really matters is Jesus! Andddd look what happens when we put the outfit on! We get compliments! It is a honor and a privilege to have a body that works. If you're a mom especially because pregnancy and giving birth are not a walk in the park for all! It's easy to get caught up in" I used to be a size..", or "look at me now after having kids". Stop speaking those curses over yourself! Speak life over yourself and thank God that you were able to house that baby. Accept the body that you do have because you can always make changes! You can always change your eating habits and/or go to the gym! Just like you made the choice to do life with Jesus make the choice to do life with living a healthy lifestyle.

Love the body that you're in while working towards the body that you want! Love your body for doing what it's supposed to do while you're improving it. When you drive on a construction path it tells you "construction ahead" which gives you a heads up that the road ahead will have lumps and bumps so pardon us. It's the same with Jesus! He wants us to come as we are while HE makes us into the person that he needs us to be!

As always I pray that this post finds the people that it's supposed to and that it has blessed the person reading it.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In Everything give thanks

Said another way (my way)

In Everything give thanks even through the ugly parts. It won't always be like this!