Your Body is Good

40 Essays in around 100 words #36

Your body is good. Remember my friend who was learning to ride a bicycle? She did it! She can now ride a bike. No longer will she feel intimidated by activities that are “just like riding a bike.” It’s a new era. She told me she is starting to understand why I love cycling. You feel free and capable and strong. In a society that is often telling women about how their bodies should be, it’s powerful to feel good in the body you have. Let us remember that God looks on our bodies with love and we can rest in that loving gaze.

Shout out to the new streetlamp that made this photo possible