Hello Beautiful! Yes, YOU! Did you know that you are beautiful exactly the way you are? Yes, with your scares. Yes, with your messy hair! Yes, with your acne! You are BEAUTIFUL! How do I know this? Because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!
You see, all these things tell your story. Your scars tell about how you survived a horrible car crash and you are alive to tell about it. Your messy hair tells the story of how you have been caring of everyone in your family but haven’t had time to care for you. And your acne tells of hormones that just won’t cooperate and show up on your face despite the daily face washings.
Trust me, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! What, still don’t believe me?
Here is the thing, we are told over and over again whether it is through our looks, or our jobs, or our cooking ability or lack there of, or how clean our house is that we are not enough! You could be better at ______ if you just did ______! Sometime this is others telling us this and sometimes we are telling this to ourselves. Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy.
The funny thing is we actually believe this lie! All of us, in one form or another have scares. Did you catch that? ALL OF US HAVE SCARES! Whether they are on the inside or outside there is emotional baggage that goes alone with those scares.
If you have been abused in any way those scares can run deep to your core! As someone who has suffered from abuse I know how easy it is to believe those lies. Those: I am not good enough, I am not smart enough, I am not pretty enough, I am just not enough LIES!
Here’s the thing, the enemy wants to keep you in a “not good enough” state of mind so that you are unable to see all the potential that is in you! If you continue to think, “I am not enough”, then you WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH in you own mind!
Through the AMAZING grace of God, YOU ARE ENOUGH! Please hear me beautiful sister, YOU ARE ENOUGH! Isn’t it time to stop believing the lies and start embracing who you were meant to be? The beautiful, wonderful woman that is hiding from the world.
I truly believe that it all starts with forgiveness. Sometimes we need to forgive others and sometimes we need to forgive ourselves. Sometimes this is a short journey and other times it can take years. Despite the journey there is something so beautiful at the end of it. There is a sweet peace that goes hand and hand with forgiving.
I like to think of it this way, you have been walking for awhile in a thick dark forest. Your journey has been difficult but you finally see sunlight at the end of the path. You hurry to it and you suddenly enter a beautiful sunny meadow filled with the sweet smell from all the wild flowers you find there. You are so glad to be there and you quickly forget the journey that brought you to this meadow because you are so overjoyed with this beautiful place.
If you are struggling with “not good enough”, please stop listening to the lies and just know that YOU ARE ENOUGH! Forgiveness is the beautiful meadow and now this is where you get to live. You are so ecstatic that you made that long journey. I want you to be filled with joy, sweet sister.
Please know that you do not have to be on this journey alone! I encourage you to surround yourself with people that will encourage and uplift you. Join a support group for what you are going through and/or get counseling and/or seek help at your local church if it is available. The journey can be made easier when you have the right people in your life to support you.
I have made encouragement cards just for you! They are to remind you that you are enough. You can print these out and hang them up in places that you will see them regularly to remind yourself that you are enough. You can also use them to encourage others. Leave one on a friends desk or put one in your child’s lunch box. Download this free gift to you here.
Commentaires