"Good Enough"

Beloved,

If you're anything like me, then there are times where it seems like no matter how positive or progressive your life is, there's always that "voice" in the recesses of your mind reminding you of your failures: failed relationships, missed opportunities, failed endeavors, and unfulfilled dreams.

This "voice" is quick to point out what you don't have, what you can't do, what you still haven't done, and what you'll never be able to do. This "voice" never fails to tell you that this person is prettier (or more handsome)and/or built better than you, has more money or a better job than you, is more talented or smarter than you, so on and so on...constant reminders that you're "not good enough".

It's so easy to get lost in the belief of “not being good enough", especially when you've had this belief since childhood. Sadly, fear, doubt, shame, and guilt makes many of us hold onto this lie and we never allow ourselves the opportunity to discover the joy and peace of self-acceptance.

Beloved, I challenge you today to choose to focus on the good that's in your life. Choose to focus on your strengths. Choose to work towards your dreams. I challenge you to choose to believe that not only are you fearfully and wonderfully made, but that God has also promised to complete the work He started in you. If God thinks you're good enough, then shouldn't you?

The True Measure of Success

Beloved,

When you realize just how priceless you are to God, you will no longer measure yourself by the success or failures of others.

Change how You treat You!

Beloved,

I am not a believer in coincidence. I am firmly convinced that everyone that touches your life, regardless of the duration, is supposed to. I've had my share of heartache and pain and so have you. But I've learned (and am still learning) that true freedom comes when you chose to allow every experience to teach you or show you something about yourself.

While it is so easy to point at the other person and say "Look what they did to me", the true question is "Why did I allow that to happen to me"? I am in no way excusing the cruel, mean, or hurtful behavior of other people. I'm simply saying that the only person you can control is you. 

The only way people will change how they treat you is when YOU CHANGE HOW YOU TREAT YOU.

Defensive Hope

Beloved,

If we're honest, we have to admit that it is not a person that causes us pain, instead it is our unrealistic expectations of that person. 

Instead of accepting a person for exactly as they've shown themselves to be; we create idealized versions of that person in our minds and in our hearts. We hold onto what psychiatrist call "Defensive Hope"- hope we use to defend ourselves against facing the truth about someone we care about. We don't want to accept the reality about who they are. So, we hope...

God desires to give us His very best. The more we surrender our plans and desires to Him, the more He prepares us for the truth of Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think, according to the power that works in us."


Hope in God.

God Got You!

Beloved,

Why bury your head in the sand then wonder why all you see is darkness? This is not the time to be a passive participant in life. This is the time to look realistically at YOUR life, take control of YOUR life, & live YOUR life to the fullest!

Stop trying to get people to understand who you are, what you've been through, or what you're trying to do. Everybody's not going to "GET YOU" & that's okay. They don't have to because God "gets you".

While you were yet in your mother's womb, not only did He know you, He also knew who He destined you to be. He promises that on this journey called life, He'll never leave you, turn His back on you, always love you, & finish the work He started in you. 

GOD GOT YOU.

Choose GREATNESS!

Beloved,

Please know that matter how strong, confident, and/or determined you are to fulfill your dreams, there will always be opposition. 

More times than not, opposition doesn't come from family, friends, associates or enemies; it comes from within. 

Don't allow your fear of the unknown, fear of failure, or fear of inadequacy trap you into mediocrity. Instead CHOOSE to use your fears to propel you into GREATNESS!