Here’s an email one of our daughters sent to friends recently, asking them to save October 15th. Why that day? Here’s what she wrote:
“Because it’s magical. Because it’s the day of my birth! And I demand that you all celebrate with me. I don’t have an exact plan yet, but you can assume that it will involve you all, celebratory beverages, and you all telling me how glad you are that I was born. “
I love it! Now of course she was writing that tongue in cheek. She’s not at all arrogant, but unlike most of us, she does have a pretty healthy self-image.
I, on the other hand, am more like the rest of the world, and deal with insecurity in varying degrees depending on how many cookies I’ve eaten, a song I heard on the radio, and the barometric pressure that day.
I LOVE Mark Batterson’s thought: “Our focus determines our reality.”
Am I focusing on ME and how I stack up compared to everyone else? Or am I focusing on GOD and the truth that I am a beloved child of His and He delights in me?
That’s is why this little exercise I read in a Beth Moore study has been really helpful. Thought I’d share it for Spirit Stretch Friday.
Personalize Romans 8 by filling in the blanks.
“I am convinced that neither _____________nor _________________will be able to separate [me] from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Your first thought might be, “Oh that’s nice”, but really think about it! What would YOU put in the blanks today? Is it a person who’s been critical, a loss, a failure, ?
Do you struggle with insecurity? How do you deal with it? If you’re a man is it different for you?
