This week, Jess Connolly challenges us to look at our bodies differently—not through the lens of culture, comparison, or insecurity, but through the eyes of our Creator.
For most of my life, I didn’t really think about how God viewed my body. I thought about how others might view it. I thought about how to manage it, fix it, or ignore it—not how to honor it. But learning to see my body as good has completely changed how I relate to it.
Since I started seeing my body as good—not perfect, not finished, but good—I’ve become kinder toward it. I’ve learned to listen to it, knowing that it’s not working against me, but actually trying to care for me.
There are times throughout the month when my body has more energy or less. And instead of pushing through, I’m learning to pay attention. When I’m tired, I rest. When I have strength, I move. I’ve started asking not, “How can I control my body?” but, “How can I serve it as it serves me?”
I think more about what foods fuel me—not to follow a trend or earn approval, but to help my body function with peace and energy. I limit foods that impact my mood in a negative way, not as punishment but as an act of grace. I don’t strive to look like someone else anymore—I thank God for what my body allows me to do, no matter what size I am.
It’s a gentler way to live. A freer way to live. And I believe it honors the One who created me.
“The King is enthralled by your beauty.” – Psalm 45:11
God doesn’t tolerate our bodies—He delights in them. If that’s true, then we can learn to see them with kindness, too.
This week is an invitation to reframe our vision. To ask God to help us see what He sees. Your body is not a distraction from your spiritual life—it is the very place where your life with God unfolds.
Reflect:
How has your relationship with your body changed over time?
What is one way you could care for your body with kindness this week?
What truth does your body need to hear from you today?
You were made for more than comparison, control, or criticism.
You were made to live free—in the good body God gave you.
Speak This Over Yourself:
My body is good.
Not because it’s perfect—
but because it was made by God.
I choose to listen to my body,
to honor it with rest, nourishment, and strength.
I will not punish my body—
I will serve it, as it serves me.
I do not need to look like anyone else.
I am grateful for what this body allows me to do—
in every season, at every size.
I am not defined by shame.
I am not held back by comparison.
I was made on purpose, for a purpose.
And today, I live free in the skin God gave me.