“I will be rebuilt”

You, O Lord, love me with an everlasting love; You have drawn me with loving-kindness. You will build me up again and I will be rebuilt. I will take up my tambourine and go out to dance with the joyful! Jeremiah 31: 3-4

Verse Reflections:  Isn’t this what we all want?  To be rebuilt?  I want my entire body and mind rebuilt.  I love that He is building me up “again” and I WILL be rebuilt.  God never tires of our struggles.  He never gives up on us.  He builds us up again and again.  He loves us with an everlasting love.  We cannot make Him not love us.  If eating disorders, food addiction separated us from His love I would be last on His list of loveable people.  He has “drawn” us with loving-kindness.  God is the artist.  He drew us perfectly.  It does not matter what your body type is.  He drew you in the perfect shape, the perfect colors.  He loves You.  The good news is now we can work with him to rebuild ourselves time and time again.  Claim it, live it.  Take out your tambourine and go out to dance with the joyful.  Listen to this last verse.  Surround yourself with joyful people.  Surround yourself with people that believe in you.  Know that you are beautiful.  You are loved by our Lord.  You were drawn, just as you are with love and kindness.  We have to love ourselves as Christ loves us.  And then we get to rebuild ourselves, claim our best selves.  Every day, I work on rebuilding myself.  I work on one inch at a time, one meal at a time, one temptation at a time.  I know I can be rebuilt.  I have already claimed it and see the progress.  I am going to quit criticizing myself, chastising myself for every little issue.  I am going to love myself with this everlasting love and know that it is okay if I have to rebuild myself little by little.  I am going to dance with joy now.  Just as I am.  Dance with joy today, claim the joy, claim the love.

Prayer:  Father, rebuild me today.  I love the way You drew me at birth.  Take that drawing and let me see the colors, the beauty, the stunning vision that You had when You drew me.  I have had that image knocked down.  I knock it down daily myself with criticism, insecurities, a vision of perfection.  Father, help me seek joyful people that love me just as I am.  Help me dance.  I know if I focus on the joy, the art of life, I will not feed my insecurities and food will become a tool not a weapon.  Thank You for being my artist.  Show me the beauty of my self.  I love You.  Let’s dance through the day today Father.  Let’s be joyful.