A colorfully unique Facebook post written by Jordan Lee initially caught viewers’ attention because of the haphazard pen scrawls and highlighter strewn all over the left page of this Bible.
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But there’s SO much more to it than that…
Jordan admits that it’s what some might call “vandalism,” but the powerful reason behind her carefully calculated scribbles is sending a message that this generation of ‘not good enough’ desperately needs.
This woman of God has a charge to anyone feeling “fat or ugly or heartbroken or discouraged or ANY form of messy,” as someone who’s been down that road herself—and her identity-driven message speaks straight to the soul:
“When I was 9, I cried in a dressing room because my thighs were bigger than all the other girls at school. So I wore sweatpants to hide my size.
At 11, I hid in a bathroom stall during lunch because the boys teased me for being the only girl wearing a bra. So I wore baggy sweatshirts to cover up.
At 14, I cringed when we had to take class photos because I was taller than all the boys and thought I was ugly. So I scratched out my face in the print.
At 17, I cried when that boy broke my heart over spring break because he met a prettier girl. So I quickly chased after a new one and posted photos to Facebook so that everyone would believe I was happy.
At 19, I collapsed on a long run because my body aches as I starved myself another day.
At 20, while listening to K-LOVE Radio, I realized that I had spent the first two decades of my life believing the lie that I needed to look like the page on the right. Clean, crisp, perfect, and poised. So I did all I could to hide my messes. My insecurities. My doubt. My discouragement.