My Declaration of Faith:
Sometimes I find myself wondering if I’m truly enough, if I’ve done enough, obeyed enough, or measured up enough for God to really love me. At times, I’ve carried the weight of condemnation, feeling like I could never quite reach His standard. And if love from an earthly father was absent or painful, it can make it even harder to picture God as a tender, caring Father.
“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners,
but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.”
Ephesians 2:19
You may grow up with a wounded self-image. People around you or close to you may have instilled negative labels on you, even when you were a child. “You are nothing!” , “You are pathetic and can’t do anything right!”, “What is wrong with you?”, “You are such an idiot!”, and the negative comments go on and on. When you are deeply wounded in your soul, you can struggle with your identity and go through life feeling like you are worthless and do not know who you truly are.
“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.
Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.”
I Corinthians 13:12
There will come a time when you can be misunderstood by the people around you. You may be someone who has good intentions to help someone else, but the person you are helping presumes that you have alternative motives. You could be going through a phase in your life when your own family or friends don’t even recognize you because you have changed your haircut, how you dress, how you act among your peers, and what you believe.
My Declaration of Faith:
Today, I remind my heart that I don’t have to chase after people’s approval to feel worthy. I don’t have to earn my value through someone else’s kindness, invitation, or applause. Yes, it feels good when others affirm me, but that’s not where my identity is rooted.
