SPORTS & REC
“Health is not about what we look like, but rather what we feel like,” Glatfelter said. “If what we look like is affecting how we feel, then we have a somewhat skewed concept of our body to begin with.” What Glatfelter is saying here is that the term “summer body” reinforces the concept that we need to improve our looks. Rather, she wants everyone to know that this should not be what we focus on, but instead we should focus on how we can best use our bodies to serve Christ. “The biggest thing to remember when viewing our bodies as Christian men and women is that we are made in the image of God, which means we are beautiful,” Glatfelter said. “No matter what size, shape, color, diameter or length, our bodies were made in the image of God. Therefore, we are to treat them as such.” The problem with the “summer body mentality” is that it completely goes against this notion. Rather than loving ourselves and our bodies no matter the state it is in, we are instead attempting to obtain this image of a “fit body” that we get from society. But, that doesn’t mean being careless with our bodies either.
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ARTWORK BY ERICA HORST
