My Declaration of Faith:
I don’t have to chase after people’s approval to feel whole. People’s opinions can shift like the wind; one day cheering, the next day criticizing. Even Jesus experienced that when the same crowd that cried, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” (John 12:13) later shouted, “Crucify Him!” (Mark 15:13). If I base my worth on what others say, I’ll always be unsettled.
“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.
