Diet Culture: Designed by the Devil

Diet Culture is designed by the Devil

Does that seem too crazy of an idea to you?

Think back to your last diet… did you feel shame, punished, tortured even?

That’s because the enemy of our souls is out to steal our precious time, kill our purpose and destroy our peace with dieting.

Beyond the diet itself, the accuser designed this diet culture that sells women the LIE that we are not good enough as we are and that we need to lose weight to be good enough.

It’s everywhere you look: on TV, in magazines, on social media and even in the mirror.

Diet culture says I am only a body, and not a very good one at that. But diet culture lies.

I am done buying this lie.

I am more than a body.

I am a forgiven child of God. (Romans 3:24)

I am not defined by my appearance.

I am a set-free child of God. (Romans 8:1-2)

I am not the number on the scale.

I am the accepted child of God. (1 Corinthians 1:2)

I am not the size of my jeans.

I am the made-new child of God. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

I am not made to be measured by diet culture’s definition of beauty.

I am the loved child of God. (Ephesians 1:4)

I am not valued by the numbers of followers I have on social media.

I am the confident child of God. (Ephesians 3:12).

I am more than a body.

I am an original work of art made for my own good and for the Glory of the Maker Himself.

Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” (NLT).

So as for me…
I will no longer participate in Diet Culture.

I will believe the truth of God’s word over the lies of the enemy.

I will Follow Jesus not diets.

This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday link-up This week’s prompt was CULTURE.