Self Image And Gods Gifts

Now you may long for certain qualities you don’t have.  Perhaps you’d love to have a great singing voice, and extroverted personality, or a more beautiful face.  Perhaps you’d like to be a dynamic evangelist who could preach to millions.  But the Bible says we are fearfully and wonderfully made and that each of us has the qualities of body and soul that best correspond with God’s purpose (Psalm 139:14-16.  Jesus Himself said,”A body You have prepared for Me” (Hebrews 10:5)…

When she was a little girl, Amy Carmichael earnestly prayed that God would turn her brown eyes into blue ones, for she longed for blue eyes.  Later in life, she came to understand why brown eyes were important for her.  In rescuing girls from Hindu slavery, Amy often had to cover herself with a scarf that revealed only her eyes.  Blue eyes would have betrayed her identity in brown-eyed India.

So learn to thank God for the body and personality He has given you, for no one else is exactly like you—and for God’s good reasons!

David Jeremiah, Signs of Life, p. 71