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(More customer reviews)This book revolves around a pretty simple premise. Margot wants us to stop thinking of our bodies as objects to be viewed and start understanding them as subjects with a purpose. She asks, what are bodies for?
And she states her answer pretty simply. Our bodies are meant for relationships, with God, and with one another. And yet, "Our culture has thoroughly and effectively marketed the myth that women's bodies exist for no higher purpose than to be viewed... As if we have no awareness that we've been made to walk with the Lord in a vibrant, living relationship of love and service, we live, and eat, and shop, and dress as if our bodies were meant for the visual enjoyment of others."
There are a host of problems with the common cultural perspective: "What is particularly sinister about our culture's fixation with beauty, and with my personal one, is that it keeps our eyes turned upon ourselves." Not to mention the fact that life tends to bring with it the impossibility of maintaining bodies that (from a purely objective perspective) visually please others. The thing is, though, bodies that are used for the service of others become beautiful. It's a different beauty than that of plastic surgery and supermodels. It's the beauty that comes from relationships rather than objectification. The beauty that comes from love.
So what is this body of mine for right now? It's for carrying a child into the world. It's for serving my family. It's for laughing and enjoying time with my husband and my friends. It's for thinking and writing and communicating. It's for becoming beautiful by being for other people.
For any Christian woman who wants to take a few steps away from all those self-critical thoughts about her appearance, Unsqueezed is for you.
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Ever check the mirror and wonder if you look good enough? Do you choose your clothes todisguise your flaws? Do you sometimes think plastic surgery might be the only way for you to feel good about your body? Do you ever feel squeezed into someone else's mold?Come and join Margot Starbuck in her journey to become unsqueezed! In twenty-seven brief, funny and reflective chapters she helps us discover why God really gave us bodies and what we can do with them to serve him and others.Jump out of that suffocating mold and discover what your body is really for.
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