One of the things I learned late in life is that a life lived without vision leads to a life without direction, passion, purpose or significance.
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🙋🏽‍♀️I decided to stop focusing on the way-out of MY problems so I could focus on my Way-maker instead.
🙋🏽‍♀️I decided to stop doubting my value…
🙋🏽‍♀️I decided to stop chasing purpose…..
Are you a Christian single who struggles with sexual purity? Do you find yourself “falling” into sexual sin repeatedly? Â Is your mind consumed with thoughts of sexual intimacy with others? Â Well. You’re not alone in your struggle my friend.Â
Comparison. It’s the thief of joy and self-acceptance. It’s a never-ending measuring stick. It deceives you into thinking you’re behind, inadequate, deficient and inferior to someone else. It causes you to overlook your own giftedness and greatness, value and worth. It causes you to focus on what you lack rather then what you have.
The Voice of Shame
The voice of shame is cruel, insensitive, demeaning, degrading and destructive. It strips us of hope for a positive future and it poisons our perspective, damages our sense of power and robs us of fulfilling our potential and purpose. Shame deceives us into believing we are inherently bad, unwanted, unlovable, undesirable and unworthy of unconditional love, acceptance, and belonging.
Pain and Pressure
Not too long ago, I was telling a friend how much I had grown over the past 3 years and she wanted to know my secret. So I simply said, “pain and pressure.” I think most of us want to grow personally AND professionally but we wouldn’t dare ask for more pain and pressure to be added to our lives right?
Growing up, did you ever wish you could change your appearance? Maybe you wished your nose was smaller or your lips were bigger. Maybe you wished you had an hourglass shape rather than an athletic or full-figured shape. May you wished you had straight hair instead of curly hair. For me, I wanted long, straight hair because heck. That’s what ‘Barbie’ had and she was the standard of beauty back in the 80’s right?
What is imposter syndrome?
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Do you attribute your success to luck or coincidence?
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Do you agonize over the smallest flaws or imperfections in your work?
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When you succeed, do you secretly feel like you’ve fooled others again?
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Do you worry that it’s just a matter of time before others find out you’ve been “running a game” on them?