Sometimes I struggle with getting out what exactly is on my heart. I feel like God has given me so much to say but when I think ok let's sit down and write a post that will reach into people life's, I always end up looking at a blank screen and thinking what should my topic be.
There are so many things and lessons in life that I treasure dearly. One of them is being who God has created me to be; as a wife and me personally as a woman. I feel like its so hard to balance everything that God has given me, but I don't want to let him down because I feel so blessed to be given so much.
Today during worship at our church my sister told everyone on the stage how she has been struggling with self worth. I just have to laugh a little not because I don't know where she is coming from but because when I look at her I see such an amazing woman of God. I mean if you just talk with her, you can just feel God all over her. Even though she is my little sister I have always admired her natural confidence- she is an amazing mom, sister and wife. So I laughed only because I'm like how in the world does she even question her self worth.
It made me think about "self worth" a little more. I know it is one of the biggest issues women all over the world are facing. I think being a girl, woman, wife, mom is the hardest job to manage, I think just the fact that you take on the every day of trying to balance all that those titles alone give you, you have the right to have the self confidence that you as a woman deserve.
It just makes me sad that a lot of women are not being treated like the princess God made them to be. Every girl should get the chance to feel "special" feel like they matter, feel pretty, feel confident in who they are.
God created us women to be strong, courageous, good natured, beautiful, confident, wise, I could go on and on.
Know today that God has given you your self worth, not the media, not what you see in magazines or tv... GOD has... And then walk your walk with understanding that God has created you to be YOU and nobody else.
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Thanks for sharing your heart on this topic. It is very near and dear to my heart at well.
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I love this - and it was very much needed for me. Thank you so much!
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thank you for these wonderful words! God is using you more than you know.
Amen! Wonderful Post!
I love this post! So much. I am a new Christian and just believeing in this faith and being touched by God has made me feel like I have so much more self-worth than ever before. It's amazing what God does.
really good post, melissa.. i just wrote on the same thing recently.. and i so understand your heart on this topic... its hard thought what we let define our worth, even thought things look like we got it going on on the outside... if we would only see us how God has placed us.. we deserve to be treated as such, but even when we are not, we hve to remember that God and we decided how much we are worth.. =)
thanks so much for sharing your heart... you are so beautiful inside and out.
Thanks, I need that! I try hard to not let the worlds view of a woman obscure my vision of how God views us women. It's annoying how the enemy can torment your mind. :/ so thanks for posting this. xoxo.
Thanks, I needed this. It's hard to not find your worth in what the world says is a woman when you're surrounded by it everyday. The enemy can really torture your mind with not being worth much. So thanks for posting this. xoxo. Have to remind ourselves daily that we were created by the King.
Amazing post! I think that all women struggle with this area. I'm sure I do and that's usually based on my view of how the WORLD sees me (sahm, not "contributing" to society by having an out of the home job, etc etc.) But I really have to tell myself, I'm following God's plan for my life, and that makes what I'm doing more important than any other job in the world.
Cameron
Thank you so so much for sharing this! Just what I needed to read this morning!
Your a very wise and beautiful young lady and I'm very proud of you. Dad
Sadly, we need encouragement in this area of our life often. We are often caught up in comparing ourselves to other women too, which is unfortunate. We should not be competitors. God's love is big, and there is enough to go around!
this was such an awesome post, really. Spoken so truthfully and I think that everyone can relate. Thanks so much for writing this! :)
Love this post.
I turned 31 (what the?!) last month...in the card my dad gave me it said:
"May that young man ( cause my prince charming has yet to show his face or be named ) see the riches of your person, not to pass by. Love, your Dad."
Great reminder from my dad and I think it sums up that feeling of worth and knowing your value as a woman, female, sister, wife, friend, daughter...
True beauty simply comes from within. :)
Lauren
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