As I was doing a Bible study tonight, I ran across this question. "Why am I like this?" Nothing in this world is exactly alike. Not a leaf, not a flower, not a blade of grass or a cloud. Out of the billions of snowflakes that fall from the sky, there are no two alike. Every animal in the world is different. Even identical twins are not the same. God could of made us all alike. All the same color, the same size, look the same , talk the same. But He didn't. He made us with a purpose in mind. He knew us before we were even formed in our Mother's belly. And He loves us just the way we are.
Then why are we constantly unhappy with ourselves? We want whiter teeth, prettier skin, smaller feet, bigger boobs, smaller boobs, red hair, brown hair, blonde hair, black hair. We wish we were taller, shorter, thinner, heavier. We wish we were funny like so and so, or more outgoing like what's her name. We waste so much time and energy wanting to be something or someone else. God made us who we are, the way we are, He loves us completely.
My prayer is that we accept the things we cannot change and change the things we can. For me it is my weight. I cannot be the person God wants me to be if I willfully choose to be unhealthy. I have to make changes. And the time is now.