Day 21: Freedom

Hey guys :) I haven't posted in a while, I've been super busy the last couple of weeks. You should see my laundry, it is sky-high! Thank you to everyone who has been asking why I haven't posted lately, you are holding me accountable just like I asked you. Huh, someone cares what I have to say. Go figure!

After three weeks or so of saying nothing negative about myself (or anyone else), it's becoming much easier to be positive. I am noticing that I feel so much freedom in the fact that what God thinks of me is far more important than what anyone else on this planet thinks of me. As I was pondering this, it made me realize that everyone in the world strives for the same thing: freedom. To be free from  pressure, addiction, abuse, you name it. We all want to be free from something that enslaves us. That is what I am receiving in this process, and it is so beautiful to me. I can't wait to see what is going to happen next!

I've said many times during this journey that we are God's masterpiece. He created us with His own fingers to make us His treasure, and He still keeps our names graven in His hands. I've been trying to think of an earthly view of a masterpiece, and what keeps coming to mind is a painting that we have all seen many times by Leonardo Di Vinci: Mona Lisa. This painting is so special because it took Da Vinci fours years to paint it and he died with the painting unfinished, yet it still has been called the most famous painting in the world.  If ever we were to meet him, the last thing we would do is critique his work and tell him everything we find wrong with his paintings. That would be unthinkable, yet we do it go our Saviour almost everyday. When I think about how often I look at myself and wish to change, it makes me sick. God fastened me in His own hands, and He still continues to work on me and change me. And how much greater is my God than Da Vinci? Words cannot begin to describe.

I used to think that I thought very little of myself, and that I was even humble about the way I look. But now I'm realizing how very wrong I was. To say that I know better than the One who created everything is one of the most prideful things I can't think of. To to say that my nose should be smaller is to say that God didn't shape my face right. I'm sure the One who paints each sunrise knows what he's doing with a nose.

My nose will never be smaller, my hair will never be thicker, and I will never be a stick (which makes Daniel very happy, thank you very much!). We don't need to be someones idea of perfect, because God already made us that way. So the next time someone critiques they way you look, tell them to take it up with God!
Thank you all for your kindness and support.
-Tara