1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey there, Heather creak More here, Thanks for 2 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: listening to the Compared To podcast. Today, say wearing a 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: series called Waiting for Weight Loss, and we're talking about 4 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: all the different dimensions and angles to our journey or 5 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: desire to have a smaller body, to have a more 6 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: beautiful body, to find health, whatever your motivation may be. 7 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: And today I want to do something just a little 8 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: bit different. You see, when I was early in my 9 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: journey of recognizing what I shared with you last episode, 10 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: that God showed me that I had made my body image, 11 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: my body change goals into an idol. When I was 12 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: early into that journey, God gave me a poem. Now, okay, 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: you have to know something about me. Like some of 14 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: you just sit down and you write beautiful poetry and 15 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: that's just a part of who you are. That's not me. 16 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: I've never written poetry. In fact, when it was assigned 17 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: as a class assignment, it was a struggle. And yet 18 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 1: it was in this showering thinking through some of the 19 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: principles that I felt like God was teaching me and 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 1: showing me. And this poem just came to me and 21 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 1: I got out of the shower and I wrote it 22 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: down as quickly as I could. And that's what I'm 23 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: going to share with you today. You know, sometimes it 24 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: helps us to learn things our processings or to internalize 25 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: things when we hear messages in different ways. And so 26 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: my hope today is that hearing this poem will maybe 27 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: reiterate or reinforce some of these concepts we've been talking 28 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: about and maybe make it click a little differently for 29 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: you today. So this poem was actually published. This is 30 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: the first time I was ever published in a book 31 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: called ever Bloom. It's an anthology. It's just stories of 32 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: living deeply rooted and transformed lives. And the poem is 33 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: called just a little More Beauty, Lord, and I'm gonna 34 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: read it for you now. Just a little more beauty Lord, 35 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: that's what I'm asking from you. I'm not begging for 36 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: a model spies, or to wear a slim size too. 37 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: Smooth out these rolls, this dimply skin. Lift up some 38 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: sag if you will. Why about each stretch mark too? Please? Lord, 39 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: I know you have the skill. Just a little more beauty, Lord, 40 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: not a lot. It won't be trouble. Grant me sculpted arms, 41 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: firmer abs, and a chin that's less than double trim 42 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: some pounds. While you're at it, five to twenty, you decide, 43 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: I don't crave a perfect figure, just a shape. I 44 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: won't have to hide just a little more beauty. Lord, 45 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: I'm not asking an excess, a better body to serve you. 46 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: That's what I'll have when this you bless because you 47 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: also boost my cleavage. Then take some cushion off my rear. 48 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: Surgeons could fix it all, but I'd rather bend the 49 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: great physician's ear. I know you told the rich man 50 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: more money will never satisfy, But I'm sure beauty is different. Lord, 51 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: Maybe I could just try. I wait, and I pray. 52 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: Yet that scale doesn't budge. Same stray hairs and jiggly arms, 53 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: No less pudge. God, where are you hiding? Can't you hear? 54 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: All I need? Does not? The King of kings want 55 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: his daughter to succeed. Then, in your goodness, you answer 56 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: my request. You tell me seeking beauty denies me from 57 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: your rest. Chasing beauty won't fulfill. It's a trap, you explain. 58 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: The search keeps us apart, binds heart and soul to 59 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: what is vain. I want you to find satisfaction in 60 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: me alone. Then you'll release these temporal afflictions. You bemoan 61 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: firmer calves, fuller lips, a bigger bust, or fewer grays 62 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: thrill you only for a season. But my love has 63 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: no limit of days, dear daughter, he continues, in my 64 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: image you were made real joy won't come from looking good. 65 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: Earthly beauty always fades. I designed you for a reason, 66 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: with great purpose for your life. Use your body to 67 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: serve me, not in a quest for hottest wife. Meekly, 68 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: I respond, you're right, a little more beauty would never 69 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: do I chase an idol that promises life instead of 70 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: pursuing you. Forgive me, Lord, for in my sin I 71 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: surely miss the point. A life spent hunting beauty is 72 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: not the kind you would anoint. Remove my passion for 73 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: smaller genes, straight hair, and slimmer thighs. Instead, help me 74 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: find life in you alone, and see beauty through your eyes. 75 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: That's my poem. Just a little more beauty, Lauren. Why 76 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 1: did it speak to you today? What stood up? Maybe 77 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: you need to listen again. Join us in the community 78 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: at Waiting for Weight Loss. You can join us at 79 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: Waiting forweightloss dot com. Let me know what stuck out 80 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: to you. Can you relate to my poem? Maybe God 81 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: wants you to write a poem of your own. Thanks 82 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: for listening today, Bye bye. 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