Hi everybody! I had an amazing weekend so far. I had a wonderful opportunity to speak at a women's event today. This message is so important to me, I wanted to share it with you all too.
It’s just some simple truths. Truth is precious and often we disregard it
about ourselves.
This burns in my heart so strongly.
I feel like I’m saying this personally to each one of you.
You are valuable.
You are needed.
You are important, and vital.
You may have heard opposite in your
life.
From parents, the media, from your
family, or peers
You aren’t the negative things that
anyone has ever said about you.
We don’t realize sometimes how
those negative words are spinning around in the background of our mind.
Influencing how we think about
ourselves.
There was a time I thought I had ugly hair, because someone once told me that.
Every time I'd look in the mirror I'd feel like, "Meh..."
My husband thought for a long time
that he couldn’t read well because his teacher told him once when he was little.
that wasn’t true.
You are valuable.
You may have even told yourself the
opposite.
Maybe even today.
You may walk around doubting
yourself, wondering things like
“Why’d I say that? Why’d I do that?
How come I’m not like everyone else?
How come they have it together, and
I don’t”
Maybe never feeling good enough.
But this is the truth.
You are valuable.
We need you,
this world needs you.
You, just as you are.
You may be searching for that
special gift that you bring,
Wondering, what is it? What do I
have that makes me different from everyone else?
Because you don’t see it in
yourself.
But we see it.
Its you being you.
You don’t have to work at being
good enough,
You don’t have to work at getting
it right to be needed.
You get to be just who you are.
Because the way you are made automatically
blesses the people around you
You are put together uniquely in
such a way,
That You being You is what makes
you the most happy
and brings the most to the people
around you.
You’re a piece of the puzzle
That we need for the picture.
We all know what it’s like to put
together a puzzle
And right in the center there’s that
one missing piece.
No other piece is going to fit in
that spot.
And the picture isn't finished without it.
Each piece is uniquely made
Just as we are,
So that we can fit together.
Yes, you might fall down
You might only see your failures,
and the ways you could do it better
You might feel like you’re trying
as hard as you can to get it right
To be a good person
You might feel like you are going
around and around the mountain trying to overcome the
stumbling block, or
whatever it is that you are battling your life
And you might feel like you aren’t
making progress.
I just want you to know I care.
I get it.
I've been there!
And remind you this life isn’t
about arriving, it’s about the journey
Even though you can’t see it, you
are making progress,
You will make it.
Going up the side of a mountain is
about switchbacks,
Not going straight up.
God is with you, he hears you. He
knows you.
He values you.
He’s glad you are here, and that he
made you.
He’s glad you’re YOU.
He doesn’t want it any other way.
You haven’t failed him.
He understands we are made of dust.
He gets it
Gets us
He understands our fears
He knows what makes you tick, and
why you think the way you do.
He has a plan to rescue us and
bring beauty from the very ashes we see around us today.
You are beautiful, right now.
You aren’t the words you say to
yourself
You are wanted, and desired.
Pleasing
You make God happy
And where you see failure and lack
Where you see you’re not good
enough
He sees you full of promise, and a
little girl with a tender heart.
He loves you
He adores you
He’s so glad you are here.
And every time you reach for his
hand, every time
You make him smile.
He will never let go of your hand
Never
Not because He is God and he has to
be there for you,
But because he doesn’t want to let
go
Doesn’t want to let go of his precious
girl
He will never lose you, never
forsake you, always fight for you,
He will stand with you with every
battle you are in
and face it with you.
You will never be alone.
He will rejoice over your with
triumph.
And wrap you in his love.
This is what God says about his
children
Song of Solomon 4:7 You are altogether beautiful, my love; there
is no flaw in you.
And for the part of us that wants
to point out our flaws, there’s this scripture
Hebrews 10: 14 For by one sacrifice
he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
Your flaws don’t scare God.
There is a banner you wear above
you every day.
Loved,
Wanted,
Beautiful
Valuable
Perfect forever
Being made Holy
It’s not a feeling
It’s a truth.
It’s time that we remind ourselves
of the truth Whether we feel it’s true or not.
Truth isn’t a feeling.
2+2=4 doesn’t make me happy
Or sad.
Truth isn’t an emotion.
It’s just truth.
Hang on to the truth
Hang on to the banner over your
head.
Hang on to God’s hand.
Be kind to yourself in your thoughts.
Watch for the negative things you
might say,
And remind yourself what God says
about you.
Remember
You are valuable.
Just the way you are made.
