The way we see our bodies is rarely just about our bodies. These verses call you back to a truer view of what you are.
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“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
Psalm 139:14 (KJV)
“But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)Psalm 139:14 isn't a motivational affirmation — it's a theological statement about the maker and the made. Fearfully and wonderfully made means the making was done with care, with intentionality, by Someone who doesn't make mistakes in the process. God's opinion of what He made is not the same as the one you've absorbed from the world around you.