From One Mom To AnotherFebruary 2014
Self-worth, self-image!
February is such a fun month. Valentines can be so cute and fun, but for some girls it is very painful. I am so thankful that we were able to combat that negative feeling of “being single” on Valentine’s Day by helping our girls realize that they are individuals defined by Christ’s love for them and our love for them unaffected by whether or not they had a boyfriend in their world.
In fact, we tried to help them know that they were not defined by a boy in their life at all. It’s definitely not an easy task in this world of air-brushed perfect faces on magazines and photos. But, it is possible! As moms (and dads) of girls it is worth the fight and the battle is winnable. The victory is such a gift to your daughters. A loss in this area of self-image can result in a life-long battle or defeat. Some of the battles young women face today are almost incomprehensible. These defeats can result in eating disorders, cutting, and all the other things we know our teenagers and young women face today.
The bottom-line solution to this issue is to choose not to look for our self-worth in our looks, our abilities, our righteousness, in our purity, or even in our children’s successes and purity. The only place to find true value of our lives is in the fact that an awesome King of all the universe found my life and a relationship with me, worth giving up His life for mine. All of our good traits listed above are like filthy rags next to His.