If you had to describe yourself using only one word, what would you say? There seems to be so much pressure to define ourselves, to find a way to prove we are unique with one glance or one word. I have wasted so much of my life trying to "create" myself, to be who they want me to be or to become who I want me to be. I have placed all my value on what others think of me, and even on what I think of me. I've torn my hair out, aching with sadness.
We can spend our whole lives working to be good enough and never make it. There will always be someone we disappoint, but let's not make it ourselves. We were not created to wallow in self-pity or to bask in our own glory. Rather, we were created to reflect the glory of God. What we wear, say, do or feel, is not who we are. We are children of God. We are learning and growing and changing constantly. We are stumbling and laughing and crying. And that's okay. When we realize who we are (and whose we are), we free ourselves to just be.
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