Yeah, you see this with the body positive movement. They're trying to sell my generation of men that an obese women is just as feminine and beautiful as a petite one. I see this in the ads now. The models for women are all overweight, and the men are all tall and muscular.
These past few years whenever a woman whines about a man not being manly enough for her I retort how she probably isn't feminine enough for a man. It goes both ways.
While I wasn't speaking about the natural particulars (physical age, height, weight, eye color, etc...), I happen to favor (visually) women who are a little healthier rather than the really skinny ones.
Another member here let me know that my material from yesterday, concerning relationships, may have been misconstrued.
My intent was to encourage the believers here to rise above the natural circumstances, which tend to muddy the waters of a Kingdom (higher) outlook.
I was speaking from my own experience, actually. That of not being ready when the opportunity for an empowered relationship was presented. I was a boy. I may still be a boy, as a matter of fact, which is why I wanted to express that insight while I had it. To kind of imprint it for my own self, should I be presented with it again.
The fact of the matter is, is that we all are currently presented with the opportunity, as I expressed in my post #14726.
Basically what I was saying is, don't let doubt or your perception of your own self, get in the way of Kingdom work, aka, bearing fruit.
I'm speaking of a past relationship of mine where I did exactly that. And I don't want anybody here to go through that. That's all. And from her perspective (my ex), it was foolish of her to think that I was gonna just snap out of it, so I was basically dragging down a queen, because that was my view of her. This is why I had to walk away and stay away from her.
So, if any here happen to have recognized that they have a queen (A sister in Messiah) who has graced them with her countenance...DO NOT LET YOURSELF GET IN THE WAY OF THAT.
I am not mad at them, nor do I envy them...it's not my intent or desire to get in the way of that.
I actually want to encourage them to man up and show up, so that they do not have the regret that I have.
Yah bless and shalom.
--T1