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"Pray against being informed by culturally informed views of the body that aren’t founded on God’s truths. Pray for a renewed mind and heart. Ask God to heal and redeem. Seek out biblical community. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Start by listening and ask gentle non-assuming questions to understand more about where they are coming from. As we ask questions, we want to ask in order to listen. Pray for them. Prayer is action."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ep. 99 Body Image | Alexandria Ford
"The Lord may* grant us freedom on this side of eternity but sometimes we won’t experience freedom until we are on the other side. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ We rely on Jesus as we struggle well. Rehearse the gospel to ourselves and remind ourselves of God’s faithfulness. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ He is glorified as we struggle well."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ep. 99 Body Image | Alexandria Ford
"We know in the fall that Satan tempts Eve with a lie. Which then causes her to question what God said. She eats the fruit. Adam eats the fruit. Then suddenly their eyes are opened and they’re aware of their nakedness.⁠ ⁠ Through their actions, sin enters the world and they become self-aware, but in a much different way than prior to the fall. Their focus shifts from being fully on God to themselves and their response is to hide."⁠ ⁠ ep. 99 Body Image | Alexandria Ford
"Physical needs and limitations were used to highlight people's spiritual needs that could only be fulfilled in Christ. Jesus’ hope was for these struggling people to experience restoration involving the whole person, so they would be restored to engage and flourish in all realms of life. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Jesus cares for the whole person, including the body. He can transform our brokenness, suffering, and pain."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ep. 99 Body Image | Alexandria Ford
On today’s episode of the Journeywomen podcast, we're chatting with Dr. Alexandria Ford about body image. If you’re struggling with body image--solidarity! I’ve been there. In this episode, Alex helps us understand how the whole person matters to God, that he has created us in his image, and that he has created every aspect of our being with a purpose. ⁠ ⁠ Here's what she said, “We want, of course, to respond by turning to Jesus. He is the answer in all of our struggles in life, especially in this area. I think it’s easy for some women to dismiss these issues as being unimportant or to think that they don’t matter to God, but they do, and he wants us to bring this, and everything else, to him.” ⁠ ⁠ This conversation really helped us understand that recognizing the importance of human embodiment is necessary in order to fully understand who God has created us to be, especially when it comes to challenging topics, such as body image. ⁠
“When I’m angry, it’s when I think that I deserve something that I’m not getting or that I don’t deserve something that’s happening to me.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ How do I separate this emotional reaction from sin?” ep. 98 | Anger with Jasmine Holmes⁠