I Am Content Just the Way He Made Me!

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made...~Psalm 139:14

About a month or two ago, I found the need to use scriptures from the Bible to write a special prayer for a young girl who was struggling with her self-esteem. A great deal of her esteem issues were related to her negative feelings about her body size and shape. She was spending many of her days in a depressed state, and although she longed to be smaller in size, the depression was causing her to eat even more (and then feel even worse). I was deeply concerned about the continuing, future affects of such thought patterns on her health and her overall mental well-being and stability. What also bothered me so was the fact that she was so young to carry such a burden.

The only thing I knew to do was to design this prayer for her to pray; to encourage her, to heal her, and transform her. Perhaps you know a young lady experiencing some of the same struggles. Or perhaps, you are that woman. What ever the case, be blessed by this prayer and please pass it on to any others you know in need.

With much love and affections,
~Teri

Dear Father,

I’d like to thank you, in the name of Jesus, for caring for me and harkening your ear to my prayer.

Lord, thank you for creating my inmost being, knitting me together in my mother’s womb. I thank you that when I get down on myself, am sad, and am unpleased about my body, in anyway, I can praise you instead as I remember that I am fearfully and wonderfully made by you. And, Lord all of your works are wonderful (that includes me). I know that fully well! My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.

I will no longer allow my soul to be downcast over my body shape or size because I know that I am indeed your precious work of art. You are the Potter and I am your clay.

Father, I thank you that you will fulfill your purpose for me, your love, O Lord endures forever-do not abandon me, the works of your hands.

Lord, since I know that apart from you I can do nothing, please help me to be good to my body each day. Let wisdom enter my heart, and let the knowledge be pleasant to my soul. Allow me to be a prudent young lady that gives thought to her actions and steps, especially where my body and health is concerned. Remind me daily that although, everything is permissible for me, not everything is beneficial is for my good health.

I want to love and respect my body because I know that my body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. I will honor you with my body and offer my body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to you-this is my spiritual act of worship.

Praise be to God who gives me victory through Jesus Christ!

Amen!