Alter the Temple

”Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?“. ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬ ‭

There is much issue in our society about body image. At first, it was about having a perfect hourglass figure or a perfect complexion. There was airbrushing and editing to pictures for magazines and filters for cameras. Actors and actresses would go on extreme diets to alter their body image. Now there is a greater focus on body dysmorphia.

We are made in the image of God. He formed us in our mother’s womb. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are not our own, so why do we think we need to alter God’s temple?

Lord, are you trying to tell me to surrender to You instead of trying to take things into the natural? Or am I over generalizing this thought?