Know your worth

Grab your coffee and favorite snack….this one might be lengthy!

How often do you see yourself as less? How often do you allow yourself to BELIEVE you’re less? And how often do you speak about yourself as if you ARE less? My guess is WAY too often! And the fact is, even if you answer 1 out of 7 days, that is way too often!!!! LISTEN TO ME………..YOU ARE NOT LESS than anything or anyone and this ongoing lie has to STOP!!!

Everybody has worth! Hear that? E.V.E.R.Y.B.O.D.Y! That INCLUDES you!!! You are somebody’s everything! You are somebody’s safe place! You are somebody’s ONLY “go to” person! And if they lost you, they would be devastated!!!

But here’s the thing……I can speak these words all day long and you might read it as if I’m talking to everyone except you, BUT I’m actually writing this for the very person who thinks it’s for everybody EXCEPT them! This one’s for you! Because no matter what other people think, say, or do that involves you…….always and forever, every single night and day, through every high and every low…….YOU MATTER!!!!!!

And actually, in case you forgot, God is the one who said it first! God makes you worthy! God says you matter! God says you are chosen, loved, not forgotten or forsaken! God says you are HIS child and no one can change that! God says, “blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted”. I give you that verse because if you are feeling ‘less than’, then I know you have mourned and you have needed God’s comfort! I know this, because for the majority of my life, I have felt those exact emotions, “less than”! And the majority of my life I have sought for someone to comfort me and take all the pain away! At times, I’ve been able to give it to God and I’ve had rest from the weariness it brings! But I’ve also clinched my hands so tight around the very thing that was cutting me to the core and I wallowed in the misery that came with it!

By no means have I perfected how to wake up everyday and know (or remember) my worth, but I’m trying!  It isn’t a light bulb moment and then you never go back to your old way of thinking, at least it hasn’t been for me! But I do remind myself that when someone puts me down, treats me bad, straight up snubs me or ignores me…..their actions are on them! How they treat me or talk to me DOES NOT make me worthless! It just shows their weakness! It also proves that I AM worthy and SO ARE YOU! Otherwise the enemy wouldn’t focus so much and so hard on trying to get you or I to believe this lie!

So every day that you are given, wake up and give thanks to God for allowing you to live another day! Because that’s one more day that you get to be somebody else’s saving grace! When they see your smile, your kindness, and your love for life, they are seeing how much you value yourself! We will never know how many people kept going because of us, so ALWAYS know your worth and keep your head held high–we are the sons and daughter of the Most High God–which makes us worthy!