Comments on: Women and Their Wonderful Bodies http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/2010/02/women-and-their-wonderful-bodies.html the sparkling connection between, faith, feminism and Christian womanhood Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:50:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sapling « Second Year Mom http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/2010/02/women-and-their-wonderful-bodies.html/comment-page-1#comment-2341 Sapling « Second Year Mom Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:10:12 +0000 http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/?p=519#comment-2341 [...] few years back I wrote on the beauty of aspen, how women are like different trees and if we could value our different looks like the aspen, then we could agree with David, we are [...] [...] few years back I wrote on the beauty of aspen, how women are like different trees and if we could value our different looks like the aspen, then we could agree with David, we are [...]

]]> By: Jonalyn http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/2010/02/women-and-their-wonderful-bodies.html/comment-page-1#comment-1560 Jonalyn Wed, 26 May 2010 03:58:34 +0000 http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/?p=519#comment-1560 Melanie - I look forward to meeting you. Thanks for posting. A friend of mine has used her photography to explore and chronicle in visual form the battle women face with anorexia (based in part on her own battle). When she mounts these photos online, I'll let you know here! Melanie – I look forward to meeting you.
Thanks for posting. A friend of mine has used her photography to explore and chronicle in visual form the battle women face with anorexia (based in part on her own battle). When she mounts these photos online, I’ll let you know here!

]]> By: Melanie http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/2010/02/women-and-their-wonderful-bodies.html/comment-page-1#comment-1314 Melanie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:18:22 +0000 http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/?p=519#comment-1314 My pastor had me look up this article today as we were talking about my battle with anorexia, it is inspiring and beautiful, just as he described it. Thanks so much for sharing this, he said that you would be at LT this summer in Estes Parks. I look forward to that and hearing what you have to say immensely. My pastor had me look up this article today as we were talking about my battle with anorexia, it is inspiring and beautiful, just as he described it. Thanks so much for sharing this, he said that you would be at LT this summer in Estes Parks. I look forward to that and hearing what you have to say immensely.

]]> By: Jonalyn http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/2010/02/women-and-their-wonderful-bodies.html/comment-page-1#comment-1273 Jonalyn Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:53:10 +0000 http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/?p=519#comment-1273 Shelby, I value your words here. Thank you for sharing so beautifully! Jonalyn Shelby,
I value your words here. Thank you for sharing so beautifully!
Jonalyn

]]> By: Shelby http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/2010/02/women-and-their-wonderful-bodies.html/comment-page-1#comment-1227 Shelby Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:03:42 +0000 http://soulation.org/jonalynblog/?p=519#comment-1227 Jonalyn, I agree and just wanted to share some of my own personal growth in this area. In college I battled anorexia and as you could imagine my self-image and view of my body was completely distorted and out of line with God's desire. But, as God healed me and brought me out of darkness and into His glorious light, He has also brought my body into His light. (Much like you describe with the Aspens). While I don't always love what I see, most days I do. Not in a prideful way, but like you describe, in a way that is thankful...for the curves, (or lack thereof, ha!) and thankful that I once again look like a woman. My prayer is for any woman, but especially those who have battled an eating disorder, to someday know the freedom that God can bring when you are able to look at your body as one of His creations that He says is "Good". While there are scars on my body that will never go away, I look at them now and see healing rather than shame. To see how God took a wound that I had inflicted and healed it, but yet left it as a reminder of His grace is beautiful to me, no longer painful. I rejoice in the fact that I am a woman, and that the Lord has entrusted me with something so sacred as a body, mind, spirit and soul. On a side note, I also want to say that I strongly feel that pregnant women are the most beautiful form of a woman. There is something markedly powerful about a growing life inside of woman, plus the fact that she is getting to be a part of God's work in creating life! It is rather poignant the way a woman grows and changes as she is pregnant. I look forward to that in my own life some day! Thanks. Jonalyn, I agree and just wanted to share some of my own personal growth in this area. In college I battled anorexia and as you could imagine my self-image and view of my body was completely distorted and out of line with God’s desire. But, as God healed me and brought me out of darkness and into His glorious light, He has also brought my body into His light. (Much like you describe with the Aspens). While I don’t always love what I see, most days I do. Not in a prideful way, but like you describe, in a way that is thankful…for the curves, (or lack thereof, ha!) and thankful that I once again look like a woman. My prayer is for any woman, but especially those who have battled an eating disorder, to someday know the freedom that God can bring when you are able to look at your body as one of His creations that He says is “Good”.

While there are scars on my body that will never go away, I look at them now and see healing rather than shame. To see how God took a wound that I had inflicted and healed it, but yet left it as a reminder of His grace is beautiful to me, no longer painful.

I rejoice in the fact that I am a woman, and that the Lord has entrusted me with something so sacred as a body, mind, spirit and soul.

On a side note, I also want to say that I strongly feel that pregnant women are the most beautiful form of a woman. There is something markedly powerful about a growing life inside of woman, plus the fact that she is getting to be a part of God’s work in creating life! It is rather poignant the way a woman grows and changes as she is pregnant. I look forward to that in my own life some day!
Thanks.

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