How do you see yourself? Beautiful? Plain? Average? Ugly?
Self-image is the mental image we have of ourselves. Not how others see us but how we see ourselves.
When I was a kid in the 80s, Blonde hair and blue eyes were the popular pretty people of which I wasn’t one. I felt ugly and boring with my brown hair and brown eye, and I wished I wasn’t born like that.
This self-image seeped into my adult years and affected how I showed up and the confidence I felt-lack of it.
Romans 9:20b AMP
Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
That was me for years.
One focus of these podcasts is teaching you how to show up fully yourself so you can fulfill your God-given purpose. We can’t show up fully ourselves if we don’t like who we are.
And, we won’t be able to live a fulfilling and prosperous life filled with purpose–the purpose our Heaven Father put in our hearts to fulfill with this mindset.
Ephesians 2:10 AMP
For we are His workmanship [His own masterwork, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].
It’s so easy to see ourselves as broken creatures. We’re not perfect, but we’re God’s masterwork, a work of art.
Masterpiece is an artist’s finest, greatest work.
Mona Lisa or Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
David or Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
That’s us! We’re God’s greatest work of art.
How do you treat a masterpiece?
Shove it in storage? Then you don’t realize your actual value
Place it on display and treat it with the love and respect it deserves.
We need to believe it and treat ourselves like we are.
How can you believe and treat yourself like the masterpiece you are?
Start with your Creator: What does He say about you?
Here are a few verses to get you started:
Jeremiah 29:11
Ephesians 2:10
1 Peter 4:10-11
Romans 8:15
2 Timothy 1:7
What is your favorite verse(s) that reveals your true self?
Write it out on a 3x5 card and read it daily.
Let’s learn to believe in and treat ourselves as who we truly are! A Masterpiece.
To learn more about your identity, check out Mirror moments - a 99-day devotional to inspire and heal a woman’s heart. I co-wrote it with my friends Sharon Fletcher and Donna McDaniel.
https://www.heatherlbunch.com/store/mirror-moments-book
Until Next Time, Live Fearlessly Free!
