Good Morning,
As I sit back and wonder this morning, I think about how I have become the woman I am today. It wasn't always easy I can tell you that. I can't tell you how many times I would feel as though I was just stuck. You know the feeling were either way you move it wouldn't matter so you just stay in one spot. I remember one particular instance I was so stuck I even started sinking. I started behaviors that were very unbecoming of a lady (lol if you want to let your imagination run fine). It baffled me for a while, why the heck would a good christian saved girl revert to such foolishness? Then it hit me, I was so focused on working in my own strength that I forgot about God. God was my joy and my strength, not some party, drink or man. God was my salvation, there wasn't anything that is too mind boggling for Him.
So I began to move even though I was "stuck" and "sinking". I realized the stuck issue came because I started working outside the will of God. The sinking issue came when I decided to act on my own understanding. See all the feelings that resulted from being stuck: trashy self esteem, bad body image, no self respect, all came when I decided to lean to my own understanding. Instead of focusing on what God had to say about me, I put precedence on what society had to say about me. I wasn't thin enough, too much of a tomboy, too independent, hair not long enough, blah, blah , blah. I can never fit into this mold because God never intended me to. This is an empowering thought. You don't have to fit into a mold because it was never intended for you in the first place!!!! So I began to pick my head up and walk around boldly. I started repeating the things God had to say about which are always good, pleasant, and lovely. No more self abuse, no more abuse from other people, it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders and I was able to move forward freely. See this journey isn't just about having the best job, the best husband, the best car or the best life. It's truly about knowing and being the best you. It all starts when you start loving you for you.
So start figuring out who you are outside the mold of society. Learn how to live a free life away from the shackles of the world, and learn the what god has to say about you. You can then start loving you for you, and others will see that light.
Love you like I love me
Janae
That's true you will never know who you are, until you find who you are in God!! Then from there you can love who are for real, and that's a real place, I can attest to the that!!
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