The "Epidemic"

The other day I was reading an article about whether or not there's an "Obesity Epidemic" in Canada. The article was posted to facebook and was posted with the question "Do you think there's an Obesity Epidemic in Canada?" I should know better by now, but I read the comments.

What started as a question quickly turned to women shaming each other. Thin women were "twigs" and "Real men like curves, only dogs like bones." I have to admit I paid more attention to the attacks on skinny women as I am one but I know both sides had something negative to say.

Honestly I don't know if we have an "Obesity Epidemic" and I really don't care. I think we are suffering from an epidemic in our culture. An epidemic of body shaming, competition and insecurity.

We, as women (and men), need to rise above judging people for their body types! We need to see everyone as individual human beings who have struggles in life even if those struggles aren't the same ones.

We are all beautiful in our own way. We are special. The world just wouldn't be the same without you, or your friends or your neighbours who all have something to offer and wouldn't it be boring if we all looked the same?!

Enough with this "Real men like. . ." or "Real women are . ." We are all "real" because we exist. STOP IT! Stop the body shaming, stop the competition, start with love!

Don't pretend you know someone else's story before you've even said Hello!

Let's end the epidemic and spread a new one where what's inside truly is what counts!

30 Day Blog Challenge - Day 4

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

I think it's pretty obvious to most people who read this blog that I'm a Christian.  I've always been a Christian for as long as I can remember but I didn't always have the relationship with Christ that I have now.

Initially when I was introduced to Christianity it was the hell and brimstone kind.  I feared Him.  I feared being struck down by lightening if I did anything wrong and it's hard to share that kind of faith with others.  Though I believed I didn't really have an understanding of what or why I believed.  I knew the stories as they'd been ingrained into my head with preaching over and over again but I couldn't stand on my own independently and support what I believed.  I would have to turn to my pastor and ask for his opinion.

My faith has grown tremendously in the last few years as I learn to put more of my trust in Him and worry less about menial things.  I know now to turn to the Bible and prayer for advice more often.

I don't think this post can purely be on my own religion though as there are many other ones in the world.  Yes, I am a Christian but I have complete respect for all the religions of the world.  Although I believe that the only way to Heaven is through Christianity, I don't believe that jumping down someone's throat and beating them over the head with a bible is going to get them any closer to a belief in Jesus.  I try to live my life by example and as the opportunity arises I share my faith with the hope that someday that person may ask if I would mind elaborating a bit or ask to come out to church with me.

My life has a lot of stress lately but things have come together too well at times for it to just be a coincidence.  I feel like this:

Amen :)