A little re-post from a couple years ago…Have a happy Monday and remember you’re awesome! (even without a hat)
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? Continue reading
