Hey there! Do you ever find yourself caught in the cycle of comparing your outward appearance to others, wondering if it matches up to some elusive standard? It's easy to get lost in the waves of doubt and judgment, isn't it? 🌊
This week on the Nourished to Bloom Podcast (episode 56!), we're digging into the topic of healing your body image. In a world shouting about appearances, this episode offers insights rooted in scripture that challenge you to see ourselves through God's eyes.
🙏 Here's a key takeaway: It's not just about how we appear outwardly - what truly matters is the state of your soul. "Man sees the appearance, but the Lord looks into the heart." 1 Samuel 16 This episode is all about beginning that internal transformation, shifting your perspective to one that embraces intuitive eating and celebrates your body as temples of the Holy Spirit.
Have you ever paused to consider this: Could spending less time on the outside lead to a more enriched spirit on the inside? 🤔
Here's a glimpse of what awaits you in Episode 56:
📖 Unpacking meaningful scripture to transform your perspective on body image. 🌿 Exploring the "tale of two bodies" and how to see beyond physical appearances. 🙏 Prayer, fasting, and alms giving challenges to guide you through Lent with renewed focus.
Final thoughts, you are a beloved creation, and your journey towards a healthy, faith-grounded self-image is one God walks with you every step of the way.
This week, let's challenge ourselves to look beyond the mirror, to find the heart God sees and loves. Ready to be inspired and uplifted?
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So this Sunday kind of marked that little halfway
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spot of Lent. So we are now officially through the
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halfway part of our Lenten journey.
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And maybe your Lenten sacrifice just
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hasn't gone the way that you have wanted to. Maybe you haven't
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been able to stick with it. And that is really okay, right?
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Compassion and mercy. Just as the Lord has compassion and mercy for us.
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But what I'm going to talk about today is all about healing our
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body image. And I'm hoping that maybe what I share in the
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podcast today can really be a starting point for you for the rest of your
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Linton season and beyond that you
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can start to heal your relationship with your body and how you see
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yourself. And so today I'm going to share some
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scripture and really some scripture that I think can help us start to
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see ourselves in a different light. To start
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to plant seeds, um, that will start to take root and
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how we can see ourselves as God sees us, um, and then a
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little bit of what I like to call the tale of two bodies. Just
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really understanding that we cannot judge or make
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assumptions on a person's health status based off of their
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outward physical appearance. And so I hope
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that this podcast is impactful for you, that it's really
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a starting point for you to not only heal your body
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image, but to promote a deeper healing of your self
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image and how you are seeing yourself. Welcome to
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the Nourish to Bloom podcast, where your faith meets your health.
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I'm your host, Kara Trochta, a registered dietitian and certified
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Catholic coach, and I'm here to help you cultivate a deeper connection with your
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body, your spirit, and the nourishment that sustains them
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both in a world filled with noise and confusion
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about food, health and body image, this podcast offers truth
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and healing from a Christ centered perspective. Together, we'll
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untangle the deep roots of diet culture and discover what it means to
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truly care for ourselves through joyful nourishment of
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mind, body and soul. We're here to dive into the transformative
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power of intuitive eating coupled with the rich teachings of our Christian
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faith. With every episode, I'll be cheering you on,
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offering insights, inspiration and practical tools to help
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you heal your relationship with food and embrace the beauty
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of your body as a temple of the Holy Spirit with confidence
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and courage that can only be found in Christ.
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Join me as we journey together towards a more holistic approach to wellness,
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one that honors the wisdom of your body as God's creation,
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the teachings of our faith, and the unique purpose you're called to
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Fulfill. You were made to bloom,
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to come into full beauty and health in order to bear good fruit
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for the Lord with your life. So if you're ready to nourish your body,
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feed your soul, and bloom into the best version of yourself, then you're
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in the right place. And I'm so happy you're here. Welcome
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to Nourish to Bloom, where every day is a sacred
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invitation to thrive. Hey there. Welcome to this
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week's episode of the Nourish to Bloom podcast. I am
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so thankful to have you here with me, y'all.
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I will fully admit I am having a little bit of a frustrated
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moment because literally five minutes ago, well,
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longer than that. But I found out five minutes ago that
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while Zoom was saying that it was recording my podcast episode, it
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was indeed not recording my podcast
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episode. And, y'all, I can only attribute that to
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spiritual warfare, that the Enemy really,
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really did not want me to share this message
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today. And I kind of have to laugh because
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it is Monday at the time that I'm recording this. The podcast comes
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out on Tuesday, and I have to very shortly go
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pick up my kids from school. So I am a little bit
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frustrated because y'all. The one that I thought I had just recorded was
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so profound and so impactful, if I do say so myself.
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I really felt the Holy Spirit working and moving and
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dang, that enemy. Also, I
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had a. I'm just going to let you know, normally I kind of have a
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script written when it comes to the podcast. It just helps me keep
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things organized and the flow going and just make sure
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that I put that I share the information that I'm really wanting to share and
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that I'm not getting off onto tangents and sidebars, and it
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become confusing because I can have the tendency to do
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that. But I will fully admit that I had a
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whole podcast around body image, healing, and
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lint written last week, but I just.
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It didn't feel like the right message. I just couldn't get behind.
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Just. It just didn't seem like it was what the
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Lord was asking me to share. And so I
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was very happy right
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when the Lord clearly, on Sunday during Mass,
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said through the first reading, cara, this is what you need to share this
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this week on the podcast. And so this is why I'm here
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on Monday, kind of last minute, recording this podcast. It's
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because the Lord had a message that he wanted me to share with you
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and for it to be the basis of today's podcast
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episode. And so we are going to
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talk about some scripture I also have a saint quote to kind of go
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through and just read, really ending it with a tale
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of two bodies, really looking at how the world sees bodies
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and the assumptions that are made and how those are incorrect.
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And then ending with our prayer, fasting and alms giving
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challenge around body image for this week.
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So I will try and I pray to the Holy Spirit right now,
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lord, please let your words be the words that you want me to share
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on this now second recording of today's
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podcast episode. And Lord, I ask that you bring that peace and that
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clarity of that message and ensure that I say all the things that
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you are wanting me to share with the listeners.
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So like I said, the Lord spoke to me through the first
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reading yesterday in Mass, specifically the first
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reading for the scrutinies of those who are going through Ircia
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and will be baptized during Easter. And so I'd like to
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start there. And so we'll start by reflecting on
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First Samuel, Chapter 16.
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And just to kind of lay the foundation, the
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Lord has sent
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Samuel to Jesse
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to anoint the new king of Jerusalem, the one that
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the Lord has chosen to be the new king. And so Samuel
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has arrived and is asking Jesse, Jesse
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about his sons. And so as Jesse and his sons come to the
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sacrifice, Samuel looked at Eliab and thought, surely
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the Lord's anointed is here before him. But the Lord said
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to Samuel, do not judge from his appearance or from
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his lofty stature, because I have rejected
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him. Not as man sees does God
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see, because man sees the appearance, but the
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Lord looks into the heart.
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Not as man sees does God see, because
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man sees the appearance, but the Lord looks into the
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heart. And I
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think that this is a beautiful scripture that ties into body image because
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the body image struggles that many of us face
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are a prime example
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of how man sees of that outward appearance, of how the world
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sees that we are often viewing
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ourselves, our appearance, based off of comparison,
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judgment, jealousy, envy, trying
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to meet a societal beauty standard that
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seems for most people, unachievable. And
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we spend so much time and energy and money
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focused on that outward appearance. But the Lord
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reminds us and his truth through His Word
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that He looks into our heart, that
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he cares more about the state of our soul, the health of our
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soul, than the outward appearance of our body.
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But many of us choose to spend time
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focused on our outward appearance instead of
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spending that time focusing on the state of our soul and the health of our
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soul. And it
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has led to us filling up so much
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of our mental capacity,
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struggling with the vices of Vanity
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and jealousy and envy, because we
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are in those states of comparison, because we are so focused
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on outward beauty instead of that
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inner beauty and that inner beauty truly being the state and health of our
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soul. And so when I get these
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reminders from the Lord about, you know, it's not about the
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outward appearance, it's about the health and the state of my soul,
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it leads me to another piece of
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scripture. And you can find this in Matthew, chapter 23, verse
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25 through 29. And you can also find it in Luke, chapter
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11, 39 through 42. And I'm going to
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read the verse from Luke, Luke today,
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because it has a line in there that is not in Matthew's
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version that I think is just so important for us to
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remember. And so this is to. To kind of
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set the. The lay of the land.
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The Pharisees are
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questioning Jesus as to why the disciples
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did not wash before the meal. And what Jesus says to
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them is, oh, you Pharisees, although you cleanse the outside
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of and the dish inside, you were filled with plunder and
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evil, you fools. Did not the maker of the
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outside also make the inside? But as to what
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is within, give alms and behold, everything will be
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clean for you.
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Did not the maker of the outside also make the
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inside? But as to what is within, give alms and
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behold, everything will be clean for you.
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I think this is a beautiful reminder again, that we
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are often so obsessed and so consumed by
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cleansing the outside of the cup, right? The way that we are
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presenting our physical appearance and our bodies to the world that again,
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we are not focused on making the inside of our
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cup a priority, right? And I think it's a beautiful
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reminder that the. The one who
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made the outside made the inside,
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right? That he created us as a
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whole, a whole human being, the inside and the outside,
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that he created us just as he intended, that
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our. Our bodies are good and they
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were created with care, out of love to
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be shared, in love to be
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holy. But we so often are
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so focused on making the outside of the cup
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look pretty that we don't leave room for the inside.
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And. And what does it say here? Right?
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Give alms to what is within. Give alms and behold,
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everything will be clean for you. He's
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inviting us and telling us that if we take care of the state of our
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souls, if we start to see ourselves as God sees us,
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that everything is going to be okay,
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right? That the. The outside will be just as beautiful as the
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inside. So
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get curious. What is your
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inside filled with? Is it comp filled with
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comparison, jealousy, defeat. Because you've
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struggled with this body image, do you keep waiting
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until the outside looks a certain way in order
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to live the will of the
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Lord in order to do the things that he is calling you to do? Do
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you say, well, when my body looks this way, then I will do this thing?
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We are called. The reason that we
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were created was for love. And we can look at the two
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greatest commandments for our our purpose. The first
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one, to love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your mind,
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with all your soul, with all your body. And the
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second is like that, to love your neighbor as yourself.
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I think we sometimes forget that as yourself piece,
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right? So we are called to love first, the Lord,
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second, ourselves. So then we can love our neighbors
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with
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compassion and passion and
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energy. Because we value that, that neighbor.
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Our loved ones, our family, our friends, our community, they
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have just as much value and dignity as we do. Because we see and
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we know our value and our worth and our dignity. Because
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God shows us that love he loved first, and then we
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are called to that same love. Saint
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Pope John Paul II says that God created our bodies the
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way he did, specifically to show us that we are called to
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love. Our reason for existence is to
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love, to make a gift of ourselves to other.
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We fully find ourselves when we embrace the sincere gift
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of self. You are a gift to
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God, to yourself and to others.
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But oftentimes we don't see ourselves that way, right? We don't see ourselves
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as a gift to God, to ourselves and to others.
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And we have to understand that it's because the world
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really buys into the lies of the enemy. And the enemy uses the
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world to plant those seeds of doubt, to plant those
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lies that tell us that we are not worthy, that our bodies are not
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good unless they look a certain way, that they're not healthy unless they look a
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certain way. And so we have to dig
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deep. And this is what I work with clients a lot on. When we talk
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about body image healing. It's really on this, this continuum,
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this, this spectrum that it first starts with just treating our
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bodies with respect and kindness. And so
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that's taking care of our bodies, meeting our body's basic
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needs through nutrition, through exercise,
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through hydration, just basic,
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basic needs. And then it moves into a level of
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appreciation where we start to have gratitude. And we can
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be thankful for the ways that our body were created, for the
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things that our body allows us to do.
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Pope John Paul II also says that it's our, our
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bodies that make the Invisible, visible. That
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we bring Christ to the world
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through our bodies. That we are literally God's hand and feet here on
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earth. That we are Christ's body here on earth. The here
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and now body that you are living in was created
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with purpose, with care and with
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love to fulfill a
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specific mission, to do God's will,
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to play your part in
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God's salvation history. That
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we were created for this moment in time
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from the very beginning. That what we do
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in the life that we are living now in the body that we are living
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now has an impact on
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God's history, on the salvation of the world that we
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were thought of to live in this moment from the time of creation until the
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time parousia comes when God will be all in all.
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That we were created for a purpose right now in
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God's history, in the bodies that we are living in.
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And maybe that is to take a stand against the
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worldly views, right? Not as God see,
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not as man sees. Does God see? Because man sees the
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appearance, but the Lord looks into the heart. Maybe it's so
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we can become
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more confident in who we are because we start to see ourselves
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as God sees us. That's the bigger healing
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part of body image is it's a self image healing that we start to see
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ourselves as God sees ourselves. That we can put on that Christ centered
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perspective and no longer put our hope in those
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false idols of the world, but instead put our hope and trust in the
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Lord and that he's going to fulfill these things through
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our body. And
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so we have that respect and kindness, we have
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that appreciation and gratitude and thankfulness for the things that our
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body allows us to do. And then it has a, a level of
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acceptance where you are fully accepting
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the body that you are living in now, that you are no longer fighting against
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it, that you are no longer trying to change it and distort it and make
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it into the world what the world says it should be. But you have fully
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accepted it as this is how God created your body and that you're going
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to care and be a good steward of it. And when you do
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these things and you combine this and this is really the way that you are
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living your life. It leads to a level of self love,
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right? It's love yourself, love your neighbor as yourself. That is what
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helps us get to that point where we fully
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find ourselves and we can embrace that sincere gift of
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self and then be this gift to others
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to be unwrapped and poured out
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in love, to love and serve the Lord and to Love and serve
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our neighbor. So I hope this
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starts, is starting to brew a little bit of a perspective shift that you're starting
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to plant some seeds that hopefully become an
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invasive species in your mind and start to, you know,
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choke out those lies of the enemy, those
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lies of the world and you start to embody this truth of what
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the Lord says, that you start to learn to see yourself as
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God sees you. Because you
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cannot, you cannot judge a person's health
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status based off of their appearance. It's what I like to call the
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tale of two bodies. You can't look at someone and say oh,
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because their body looks this way, that they must not take care
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of themselves because the reality is, is that their body could look
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this certain way and they have a healthy relationship with food.
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They're nourishing their body and fueling their body. They
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are prioritizing their mental and emotional well being, they are
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getting good slee sleep, they are regularly visiting
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the doctor as necessary for wellness checkups
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that they are, have all these habits in place that promote
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their overall health and well being. And
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it's in this package that God created. Just like on the
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flip side, you can't see this person and based off of
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their appearance say oh well, because
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they look that way. They have got to be healthy
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because we do not know the story of what's going on on the inside. They
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could be suffering from an eating disorder, they could be significantly
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malnourished because of a medical
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diagnosis. And I, I can say this from personal experience because there
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is a family member in my family who is struggling with
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this. But
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they could not be prioritizing their mental and emotional well being. They
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could not be getting good sleep, they could not be adequately nourishing.
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Their could not be moving their body in a way
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that promotes their, you know, their strength and their
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cardiovascular and their, their overall well being. But we cannot
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make these assumptions, we cannot make these assumptions that someone is
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healthy based off the outward appearance. And you, you
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can't judge that someone's holy based off of their outward appearance either.
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Right? The Lord tells us it's what's on the inside.
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And so when we're looking at our health, we have
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to really focus on the whole
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picture, all the habits that we have in place.
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And I can speak to this from personal experience
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because I was the person who forever from my
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adult life, my BMI says that I'm overweight, but I had
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to stop and look at the truth and the reality of the things that I
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was doing that I was adequately nourishing. My body. And
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I was moving my body in a way that felt good. I was getting good
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sleep. I prioritized my mental and emotional well
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being. I went to the doctor regularly and I had to stop and say,
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you know what, Kara, you are taking care of your body.
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You are doing the things
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to be a good steward of the body that you were living
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in. And then I had to do that mindset work to get
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that to that place of acceptance, to, to weed out the lies
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of the enemy and all the negative things it said about my
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body. But it's a continuum right there.
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I'm not gonna lie to you and say that it's all, you know,
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joy and love for my body because there are days that I struggle with it.
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But I have tools now to help me not let that lead
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me into a downward spiral and to not let that lead me
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to worshiping false idols and engaging
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in behaviors that are going to
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compromise my physical, mental and emotional health.
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So really stop and think about the
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things that you are doing right when it comes to your
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body. From a health perspective, what are the inside of the cup
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things that you are doing? And from a state of your
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soul perspective, what are the inside of the cup things that you are doing?
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When we focus on the inside and the state of our,
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our health, the state of our soul, then the outside is going
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to be exactly as the Lord intended.
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So I have a couple of challenges for you this week around our
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three pillar, our three Linton pillars prayer, fasting and alms giving.
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So our prayer challenge for this week is the
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to download and pray the Litany for
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healing of body Image. So Emily
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Wilson, you can visit her site, it's
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emilywilsonministries.com she wrote a
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litany for the healing of body Image and it's a 99 cent
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digital download. I will put the link
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for her website on my show notes so you can easily
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access that. But download that, maybe this
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becomes the prayer that you need for the rest of Lent to
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allow you to reorient
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and put on that Christ centered perspective around your body
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to make space for him to come in and, and
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heal that distortion that you have. So the
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Litany of Healing for Body Image by Emily Wilson.
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Emilywilsonministries.com 99cent download.
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100% worth it. Okay. And then our fasting
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challenge is to fast from makeup this
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week. So we talk a lot about the pressures of diet culture and
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the wellness culture, but we also have this beauty industry that puts
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all of this pressure on us right when it comes to our skin when it
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comes to our face appearance. Like, just all the things,
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right? So how much of this is. We are
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really spending this time to put on this mask that we
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believe will be acceptable to other people. So my
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challenge for you is to fast for makeup for the week. And you might
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be really fearful of this. This might be like,
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oh, Kara, I don't know if I can do this.
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But that is a beautiful way for you to start to uncover what are some
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of the thoughts that you have about. About
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yourself that are related to body image, related to your physical
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appearance. And that's going to reveal where the work needs to be done,
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where the mindset work needs to. To take place.
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So the whole point of fasting for makeup for the week is
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that instead of taking that time to put
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on your face, you're going to use that time this week
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to read scripture, to listen to a
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devotional, to listen to some Christian
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music, to pray the rosary.
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And I want you to see for this week,
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how is the Lord moving and working in that time that.
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In that time that you were using to.
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To buy into how the world sees
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and not how God sees, but how the world sees that time that you buy
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into that through all the skin or carotene, all the
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makeup, all of that, instead of using
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that time for that, see how the Lord starts to
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transform your life. What does it bring about? Does it bring
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about freedom or a sense of peace
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or maybe less anxiety? Maybe you have less
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thoughts about how others are going to judge you or
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less worries about how other people will judge you? So fasting
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for makeup this week, and then our almsgiving challenge
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is to donate clothes that don't fit.
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The chances are there are probably many of us who have closets
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that have clothes that are one to two sizes too small.
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There's those. They are those clothes that we have told ourselves that we are going
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to hold on to so we can wear them when we lose the weight.
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And I'm going to tell you that even if part
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of God's plan, through embracing your intuitive eating journey,
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allows your spirit set point weight to get back
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to where you would fit into those clothes, the chances are you're probably not going
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to want to wear those clothes. You're probably going to want to buy something new.
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That's just kind of how it seems, right? But the
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likelihood is that, in all honesty, you probably
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won't get back down to those clothes, because
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in order to do so, it's going to lead to, you know,
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that really unhealthy habit of that weight cycling where you're you,
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maybe you lose the weight, but then you gain it back up again and it's
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just that continuous cycle, right? And so I challenge you that as you
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buy clothes, to buy clothes for your hair and now body clothes that allow
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you to feel comfortable, that are functional, that allow you to do the things that
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you want to do during the day, but then also make you feel confident,
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right? So take the time to understand that
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those clothes that are hanging in your closet that you are likely not going to
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fit into again, they are causing you
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to put your hope into a false idol. They
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are causing you to keep you tethered to that diet
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culture mentality that puts that false hope
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in your life and instead release that, release
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that false idol and put your hope and trust in the Lord.
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So clean out those closets, donate those clothes
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to an organization in need or if you want to sell
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them, maybe you can use that money and give that money to
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charity. But those are our challenges for this
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week. Prayer litany of healing, of body image, fasting from
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makeup and then almsgiving is donating clothes that don't
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fit. And I just want to end this episode with
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a celebration. So this week on April 2nd, it
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marks the one year birthday of the Nourish to Bloom
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podcast. It's hard to believe it's been a whole year
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that there have been 52 weeks. Well, no give or take,
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I have missed one or two weeks. But it has been a whole year since
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the Nourish to Bloom podcast has come out. I
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am so grateful for you who tune in week after
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week and listen and download. And I pray that
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this podcast has been a blessing in your life, that it has
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helped you in living a more faith led wellness
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life, that it has hopefully caused some perspective shifts in your life
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and been a path for you to grow closer in the Lord. That
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it's a an area that you can start to surrender to the
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Lord. And so my birthday wish
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for the Nourish to Bloom podcast is for you to share the
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podcast with someone this week. Share it with a friend, share it with a family
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member, share it on your socials. It would mean the world to me if
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you could share the Nourish, your Bloom podcast and really allow the
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Lord to work through this message. I pray that you have a
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beautiful and blessed week and I will see you right back
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here next week and we'll talk soon. Bye.