I've had several conversations about weight lately. I want to put down my thoughts about it.
Your salvation is not hinged upon how much you weigh or what you look like. Having said that, your ability to be active does help you in assisting in your Heavenly Father's work and looking nice can portray who you are on the inside. But again.... your SALVATION is not hinged upon your weight or your looks. The entire purpose of this life is to gain a body.... check, earn salvation..... check (given through Christ's death and resurrection, earn (or learn) Eternal Life.... in progress, and help others to earn their Eternal Life.... also in progress. In my experience, you don't have to weigh less or look gorgeous for any of these. In my experience, as you learn your Eternal life you automatically have a better self esteem. It's all about where your focus lies.
Do you think that Joseph Smith Jr will not gain Eternal life because he had a pot belly? What about Brigham Young? Why do we look down on ourselves when we are only doing what we were sent to do? We gained a body. Some bodies are thinner, some not. Some bodies require more self control. Some spirits require more self control. Some bodies are broken or deformed. But we gained one... check. Now on to the Eternal Life bit.
If you'd like to learn more about the Eternal Life bit.... I'd recommend listening and applying this talk.
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From Elder Holland, Oct 2005
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/10/to-young-women?lang=eng
I plead with you young women to please be more accepting of yourselves, including your body shape and style, with a little less longing to look like someone else. We are all different. Some are tall, and some are short. Some are round, and some are thin. And almost everyone at some time or other wants to be something they are not! But as one adviser to teenage girls said: “You can’t live your life worrying that the world is staring at you. When you let people’s opinions make you self-conscious you give away your power. … The key to feeling [confident] is to always listen to your inner self—[the real you.]” 8 And in the kingdom of God, the real you is “more precious than rubies.” 9 Every young woman is a child of destiny and every adult woman a powerful force for good.
Yes! I think that in heaven we will all be ashamed that 1 - we treated our bodies so badly in our thoughts as well as actions, and two - that we wasted so much of our energy on it instead of helping others. I want to be healthier, not thinner. Just healthy and happy. And I will eat donuts if I want to!
Not my business, but is the Jeremey who commented above your Jeremy? If so...how sweet! That he reads this, affirms you, and calls you more precious than rubies. Love him.
I am not Mormon, but I don't think that changes that I agree with scripture and what you wrote. I am ashamed that for the past 15 years I have some disappointment of the way I look every day. It's a struggle that I try to pretend I don't face because I feel shallow, but it's more about my lack of self control. I want to be healthier. I want to make good food choices in front of my kids. I guess I just need to work on moderation. But I NEVER want my Ella to put her worth in the mirror. We talk a lot about beauty on the inside. But I still struggle with feeling embarrassed about my weight, even if I don't talk about it.
That is my Jeremy. He is amazing! He loves me even though I really struggle with weight. He has never said a negative thing about me... He never says negative about his parents...
I agree about our daughter's self worth. My beautiful girls have inherited the same disease that I have, but I really want them to know that it's who you are that counts not how many pounds you weigh. I also want to show them how to eat right and to exercise so that they can be helpful, independent, and capable as long as they can in life.
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