Stretch marks and my Savior

So as a Mom to now 5 children I have acquired a few stretch marks, to say the least! I was having one of those days, as I stared at myself in the mirror noticing each and every stretch mark and was beginning to feel extremely unattractive.Then I was blessed with the thought, that could only have come from my Heavenly Father, the thought was " My Son and your Savior Jesus Christ also had/has marks, He has them because of each of us and He does not look at them as ugly or shamefully or that He is no longer attractive, instead he kept those sacred marks to remind Himself of Us and to remind us of what He did For us!" Suddenly I looked at my stretch marks and wanted to keep each one, each line, each love handle, each spot that had previously made me feel ugly, now made me think of each of my 5 children and how I want to cherish and savor each mark that brought them to me each mark that made them mine. So in the future when I look at myself I will see the sacrifice that I made for them and when I look at my children and at my stretch marks I will remember the sacrifice my Savior made for me and the marks that He carries with Joy over the Sacrifice He Made for Me! Something to consider when you are feeling down or notice a stretch mark.