DAY 22 · 6 MINUTE DEVOTIONAL

When your body feels like an enemy

Your body is neither an ornament nor an obstacle to spiritual life. It is created, finite, worthy of care, and awaiting resurrection.

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

SIT WITH THE WORD

Illness, infertility, disability, aging, trauma, or cultural beauty standards can estrange a woman from her body. Scripture does not demand pretending every bodily experience feels wonderful.

Christian hope honors the body enough to seek care and honest enough to lament. Jesus took on flesh, healed bodies, rose bodily, and promises resurrection.

REFLECT WITH JESUS

How have you been speaking to the body God entrusted to you?

1What grief about my body needs lament?

2What would stewardship look like today?

ONE FAITHFUL STEP

Carry it into today

Choose one gentle act of care that is not punishment or performance.

PRAY

Creator, help me care for my body without worshiping or despising it. Meet me in limitation and anchor my hope in resurrection. Amen.

CONTINUE TOMORROW

The holiness of a wise no

Luke 5:16

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