security

"one of the most common human claims is that we can't change the way we feel.

that may be true, but we can change the way we think, which will change the way we act. 

and as we change the way we act, the way we feel also begins to change."

~beth moore

so many times I think about how maybe I am not MEANT to be secure and confident. sometimes I self-confidence is just a character trait that I don't have and will never have. 


maybe i just wasn't made to have a bikini-ready bod that can hit the beach at any given second and not be self-conscious. maybe i am not MEANT to receive compliments without blushing. sometimes I think i think my personality is just one full of self-doubt. 


Ya know what?


WRONG. I may not know exactly what God has in mind when a job opens up in another city (should i take it or stay?) and sometimes God's will is super confusing. By my car breaking down on the side of the road does that mean I SHOULD go to Seattle or is that a sign that I need to stay home? :) 


Security is NOT one of this topics where God makes his timing unclear or up for debate.


There is no, "yeah, I think that right now in my life, God wants me to feel like I am not smart enough to go back to grad school. Maybe he is trying to show me another direction."


Nope. Being insecure doesn't do US any good or God any good.


God plan for us is absolutely, 100% to be secure.


don't need to pick up another self-help book. don't need to wait until you are sure you deserve it. don't need to lose 5 more pounds from your muffin top before you think you deserve something. You do. 


and after you ask Him for it? Consider it done. :)

this is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything acording to his will, he hears us. and if we know that he hears us, we know that we have what we asked of him. 

~1 john 5:14-15