You Are Beautiful!!

Since my time in treatment for my eating disorder I have become impassioned about making sure that women, myself included, know that they are beautiful...AS THEY ARE....not 10 pounds lighter...not when their hair is cut...not when they've got the perfect outfit...not when their make-up is aptly applied....but AS THEY ARE. Because we are made in God's image. He is by definition beautiful. Look at all He has created! The sun, the oceans, the mountains, flowers, sunsets. Our God is a Creator of all things beautiful. This includes you and me. We are beautiful because we bear His handprint.

I was looking at a friend's Facebook page. This is someone I knew while I was in treatment. She has continued to battle her ED since I discharged 3.5 years ago. She has been in and out of treatment since that time. She was released several months ago from an amazing program that has helped to turn her life around. She seems to be in a different, better place than she's been. I'm so proud and thankful. Anyways, she had this website posted on her site. It's called Operation Beautiful and is a campaign started to remind us that we are beautiful...AS WE ARE. Check it out: http://www.operationbeautiful.com.

And remember...You ARE beautiful...just as you are.