Self-Worth

 

On November 4, 2016 I was thinking that we are often brought up to learn from a very young age that the only way for you to succeed in life is when you have accomplished something or are exceptional at something.  We are told that you need to graduate from high school, go to college or university and become a career person.  If you happen to not succeed in these things society deems you a failure.  I find that society thinks that being smart, getting good marks, making a bunch of money and other things of that nature are what brings happiness in life.

What about the people that don’t measure up to these standards of society?  What can happen is that they start to think less of themselves – they start to lower their standards of what they expect of themselves in their life.  It can even come to the point that they feel they are completely worthless.

I was one of those people at one point.  I remember when I was younger I thought if I just tried hard enough at something I would eventually get it.  Unfortunately, that didn’t always happen, so when I couldn’t understand what I was reading in school or understand a math problem I eventually came to believe that I would never get it.

I did eventually start to learn things academically as I got older, but it didn’t come easily for me.  After I graduated from high school and I went to university I ended up dropping out of school because I became overwhelmed again with all that I was learning.  I believed as I thought society would of me, that I was a failure.  A few years later I went to college and I was even able to graduate with honours – which made me happy for a little while, but deep down I knew there was still something lacking inside of me.

Sometimes God doesn’t show us something until we are willing to listen to it with our hearts.  I felt that was true for me after I watched a video awhile ago that talked about self-worth.  I realized that what society and many other people were teaching me in life wasn’t true.  I was starting to learn that success didn’t have to be measured by what you do, how smart you are, who you know, or how rich you are. 

God opened my eyes and ears to the idea that an understanding of self-worth is important in life to succeed.  I was tearing up a lot as I talked to my husband about this beforehand as most of my life I didn’t believe that I was worth it, and found that it got worse as the years went on.

I started to realize that when I love myself and when I believe in myself, that’s when major change happens.  I imagined myself being successful, and realized that I didn’t have to know everything to be successful.  All I needed to do was let God love me and to also love myself which helped me realize that I am worth it and that I deserve to have happiness.  At this point I felt that God had finally broken down a huge wall that I had built up around my heart.

I am so excited to see what God has in store for my life, and I have a feeling that helping others will be a significant part of that.  I hope those that are reading this know that your life is so worth it and you are loved by God.  You may not be able to see that right away, but that’s ok, as it took me along time to get there.  But know that God can get you to that place in time if you are open to it.

Patricia <3 J

 

Matthew 10:31    Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

 

Here’s a song about our Lord being a Good Good Father, that it’s who He is, and that we are beloved by Him, as that is who He is.  That we are all searching for something in life, and that He knows what we need even before we ask for it, and that He is perfect in all of His ways for us.  And with that He calls us deeper and deeper into His love for us.

 

“Good Good Father”  by Chris Tomlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ak0OoFBw3c&list=PL3whQX319DaB37iB8NZpJe206iSdpe3kc&index=161