A living temple
Dear Child of God,
I am so beyond excited to be sharing my first ever blog post! If you
have followed me on Insta & Tik Tok, you know what I’m all about:
Taking care of my health and fitness, not merely for the sake of
appearances or other superficial reasons, but most importantly, in
order to serve my Creator.
For those who don’t know me yet, my name is Bella! I'm a 20 year-old
fitness gal that loves my overpriced coffee and hitting the gym in my
free time. I love running, spending time with my golden retriever,
trying out virtually any new sport, and nature hikes.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed with feeling like you aren’t enough? Or you aren’t as pretty as other girls? A little about me and my WHY: I started off my fitness journey with the wrong goal... I wanted to be "skinny like the girls in the
movies". This led me down a destructive path of constant comparison
and never feeling like I could be "ENOUGH"... "fit enough", "good
enough", etc.. It became an unhealthy obsession, and honestly, it
interrupted my growth in other areas of life, including the most
important, my walk with God. Eventually, I allowed the fear of what
others thought and how others perceived my value, to take control
instead of my insecurities, rather than me seeing my value through
God's eyes. At one point in my life, I even became bitter at the Lord
for making me who I am, and I began to see His design, His work… as a
failure.
When you live by comparison, which is an unsustainable way to live
your life, you will always "feel" that you weren't born with certain
things that you wish you had or that you wish you were, but I
eventually realized that some of the things I "didn't like", were the
very things that God had used to make me, "ME"! If I hadn’t gone down
this journey, I would have continued to find other flaws and continued
just "wishing" I were "better". I would have friends who I would look
at that are still "prettier" or "better" in other areas, and I would
still be doubting His creation… and with every passing year, I have
come to learn I am not the only girl that has struggled with the wrong
way of looking at life, and at the Lord's work in our lives. The
great thing about this is knowing that it’s ALL in your head! When my
mental focus changed, my WHY changed. I can never be enough by the
world’s standards of beauty, but knowing that in no matter what state
I am in, there’s a great God who loves me the way I am, and I can
find CONTENTMENT and JOY in this!
You are ENOUGH in God’s eyes! And that is all that matters… So to
recap, I’ve experienced the pain of self-image insecurities, and I am
here to let you know you are not alone. I want to use my story, my
experience, and what God has shown me in the past few years to help
you. With the Lord’s help I want to share with you how to overcome
those battles and to lean on Him, and YES, FITNESS can be a part of
it, but the right way, and for the right reasons! Join me!
I want this blog to be all about you! Send me your testimony through the Testimony Page, and I will add one to each blog every week. <3
Excited to hear what God has done for you,
~Bella
