I find myself worrying immensely about what other people think of me and somehow my brain blocks all traces of the fact that God affirms and approve me in His word. Arrgh...my brain seemingly needs a rewire. I will be walking alone and I feel that everybody who is sitting and watching me pass by has something to think or say about me. It gets me thinking, questioning...why do we doubt our potential so much? It would seem that we have brainwashed ourselves into thinking that no one can ever love ALL of us. God so desperately wants us to be satisfied with our selves especially with the way we are physically made up. I am working on this so badly. What helps is claiming the promises found in his word that speaks to how much He loves me. I will share a few:
^{Psalm 139:13-16} Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
      you formed me in my mother's womb.
   I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking!
      Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
      I worship in adoration—what a creation!
   You know me inside and out,
      you know every bone in my body;
   You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
      how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
   Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
      all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
   The days of my life all prepared
      before I'd even lived one day. (Message)

 

Jeremiah 31:3Amplified Bible (AMP) 

The Lord appeared from of old to me [Israel], saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.

1 John 4:7-10

The Message (MSG)

God Is Love

 ^7-10My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God.

A Dautgher Tallks to her Father..........

My Heavenly Father, I come before u shamefaced and disappointed in myself. I have not been spending enough time with you and for that I'm sorry and I humbly ask your forgiveness. I ask your strength and guidance to be poured out in my life so that I will do what it is you want me to do. I want you to be my heart's desire; I want to crave your presence constantly. I am reaching for greater heights but I am constantly distracted by material things and the opinion of those around me. I am afraid to shine sometimes because I do not want anyone else to feel threatened by the power I know resides in me. I am grateful Lord that each day you have been speaking to my heart, uttering statements of approval and affection. help me to believe and trust fully in your acceptance of and love for me. Thank you Lord for the opportunity to start a brand new semester. I embrace the knowledge and learning I will achieve. ooh Lord I am bursting with excitement and I know that can only come from you. Help me to remember why ti is that I am pursuing social work. Help me to realize that my knowledge must first be applied to my life but it must also be passed on. Help me to take advantage of all the occasions to help those around me. Send them to me Lord and I know you will direct me as to how exactly to help and who to point them to. Help me to be kind to my classmates and if I see them struggle, help me not to be blinded by ambition or revel in their struggles but help me to lend my skills and wisdom. Be with my family, there are so many dynamics present that hinder sometimes our ability to be closer, help that to change and help me to play my part in making that change lasting. Help me to be the one to reach out (provide the money to buy the credit please :) ) and help me to love them even when they hurt my feelings. Thank you for the lesson I learned during the summer sessions and help me to remember them. I am learning to love myself weaknesses and all because I know my worth is found in the indelible truth that I AM YOUR DAUGHTER..yaay!! I love talking to you God so help me to not to make this a once in a week thing. Help me to revolve my life around you, help me to make YOU my all in all. Thanks for listening to me. Thank you for everything in Jesus' Name,
Amen.