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Restoring Your Body Image - Horizon West - Newsletter
- The MomCo Winter Garden
- May 8
- 4 min read
When asked the question, “Do you like the way your body looks?” 99% of women respond no. Rachael Gilbert, a trauma-informed therapist, shares how we can challenge that thinking and find evidence of the truth that we were made in God’s image.
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Sat, May 10 at 2:00-3:00pm - Winter Garden Splash Pad Play Date
Bring a change of clothes for the kids to have some water fun at the downtown Winter Garden Splash park. Note parking and admission is free and there is a garage near the splash park. FYI Saturdays is the farmers market which normally ends around 1pm so the crowds should be cleared by the time we meet up!
Fri, May 16 at 7:00-9:00pm - MNO Crocheting w/ Tori - Tori's House
Thurs, May 22 at 6:30pm-8:30pm - Meetup 15 - End of Year Praise & Pajamas - Downtown
Sat, May 31 at 10:00-11:30am - End of Year Pool Party Play Date
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FOOD SCHEDULE AND TABLE GROUPS:
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DEVOTIONAL
Grace for the Mom-Body
By Mindy O’Bannon
A mom’s relationship with her body is a lot like the one with her kid: just when she thinks she’s settled into a healthy rhythm and got it all figured out, developmental needs change and daily routines demand recalibration.
We understand our children aren’t designed to stay the same forever, but it sure is hard to extend that thinking to ourselves as moms moving through different stages of life.
I’m reminded of that principle every time I look in the mirror. I start to focus on the lines of my forehead and the bags under my eyes. It’s hard to ignore the large lump protruding from my right thigh and the tummy pooch overlapping my waistline after two C-sections.
Social media relentlessly reinforces this temptation to compare my body with others. Before-and-after photos can trigger both envy and judgment—and even friends’ “glamour” posts can lead to condemnation over my failure to meet the latest beauty ideal.
Then, I stop and consider – those constant posts of women documenting beauty wishes and waistline dreams may reflect their desire for validation—a need to know they are beautiful in another’s eyes. And in that way, am I not grasping for the same thing when I scan my body for all its imperfections in hopes they can be overlooked in true admiration?
God knows how we are made—from the inside out. He loves us to our innermost being, even before our bodies are fully formed in the womb (see Psalm 139:13-16). Beyond that—in melodic verse any woman would want to hear—the King declares that he is enthralled by our beauty (see Psalm 45:11).
I engage in my fair share of health and esthetic routines to feel strong and attractive, but I’m becoming more comfortable with my physical flaws as I focus on God’s words more—and scroll less. Those facial lines now represent the blessing of time to see my children grow up. That lump on my outer thigh reminds me of when God protected my life after a terrible fall off a runaway horse. And my abdominal scars help me remember his faithfulness in bringing new life out of multiple miscarriages. The world may see these as blemishes that mar the picture of perfection; God has taught me they are marks of a masterpiece in motion.
While it’s bittersweet to watch our children’s bodies grow and change, we never hold it against them because we know that’s how God created them in all his wonderful ways. As we continue to grow in the love and knowledge of our Creator, may we each learn to give our mom-bodies the same measure of grace.
Discussion Questions:
What’s one way you can honor your changing body today?
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