So What If I'm Fat?

Some real life situations ignited my intention of writing about this topic. Many people are struggling with this issue of being overweight, fat, obese -- self-image. Males, who use their visual instinct to judge beauty by nature, assess females based on their "checklist" of fatness in different parts of female body.

Hence the real topic behind the title is: What is the worth of physical beauty?

Personally, physical beauty is the first impression of one individual towards another. For example, I find men with straight nose and broad shoulders more attractive than the rest of the men. However, I find that what appeals me to continue befriending these men with possible straight nose and broad shoulders would be their personalities and characteristics. If they are good looking but their characters kanasai-ed (kana = like, sai = sh*t), would you continue being attracted to them?

What I truly believe is the nature of Christ to those who know Him will be within the individuals, no matter they are flat or round or tall or short! In 1 Corinthians 11:1, St. Paul encouraged the people in Corinth by these words: "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ." What I understand is all of us must imitate Christ and His nature, just as how St. Paul imitated Christ. If we want to follow Jesus, we must die to our old-self and embrace the new-self... Like what's written in Galatians 2:20, "and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

So, the issue of physical beauty is void if we see each other in a deeper level, where Jesus becomes the Person we see in our brothers and sisters in the Lord. Well, to end this entry, I have to admit that I am also struggling with self-image and self-esteem. I have finally come to senses that God loves me no matter how round, how fat, how tall, how short, how thin I am. He loves me for who I am, and accepts all my flaws. Without those flaws and cracks in my life, how would He be glorified then?

May God's holy name be glorified, now and forever. Amen!

Pax et bonum.