I just posted the following as a comment on a friend's blog post. And as I wrote, I realized I was telling her something that I need to realize myself:
You are beautiful. You are graceful. You are elegant. You are a woman made by God, and as my favorite Sunday school teacher used to say, "God don't make junk." You are a priceless jewel.
You are forgiven. You are loved by a God who desires to fill your soul with him. He wants to be your everything. He adores you. He wants you to seek him out and fill any emptiness in your life with HIS love. And when you seek, he is already there for you.
As I write this, I realize that I am speaking truths that I myself need to be reminded of. Thank you for this reminder. That I, too, am loved. Am forgiven. That God desires to have a relationship with me. That all I really need, when it comes down to it, is him.
All that guilt inside me, that's just dead weight. I can let God take it and give me life!
Chapel yesterday was a reminder, "Do not worry." About your life. What you will eat, drink, wear. Or about money, a place to live, what classes to take, how to pay the bills. Don't worry, God says. How can worrying help at all? Who, by worrying, will add a single hour to his life? God loves and provides for birds and flowers. How much more precious to him am I than they!
He will provide. He forgives. He loves.
What a promise.
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