You know I was once a young girl, with no idea who I was and where I was going. Voices and labels came at me from all sides and I had no idea where to turn or who to listen to.
How is your identity formed? Is it formed within you or framed by the barriers that were created for you by other people?
I think you were born with the special ability to be unique. Uniqueness is what we are called to so why not embrace it? I think we’re afraid to stand out because we don’t truly know will happen if we’re ever able to fully fit in, let out stand in and be different in this world. If we commit to standing out in this world then we’ll lose the security of fitting in completely. Does fitting in really provide security though? What happens when that falls away?
We have to build on a firm foundation. A firm foundation is placed within us from the moment we are born. The ability to scale mountaintops and endure the valleys is placed within us from the moment we are created, from the moment we are born. The breath of life was placed in you for a reason.
I wonder if you allow the creativity in your mind to still flourish. I wonder if your dreams and ideas still matter to you or if they’ve been crushed by all the voices you’ve let speak to you and tear you apart over the years.
I thought I had been torn apart, I really did. When I thought everyone else had torn me apart completely and I embraced the identity I had been given by them, I began to tear myself apart from the inside out. Please don’t fall into that trap. And if you have, it’s never too late to walk out of that.
Think of the abilities within you that have been shown to you as you’ve scaled the mountaintops. Think of the dreams that have been placed in your heart while walking through the valleys. Think of the little child that you once were, with dreams that no one would dare to call illogical because of your sweet spirit. Remember that little laugh that sounded to other ears, like honey tasted to a bee, so sweet and pure. Remember that little child who believed that the imagination within them could take them anywhere, even to the moon and beyond.
Never let go of that little child. Take that sweet, pure imagination and let it form your reality. Your dreams still can take you anywhere, so believe in them again. Imagine where your reality could take it if you changed the view of your identity. You are beyond loved, you are worthy and deserving of a wonderful life and your life is valuable beyond human recognition.
Let your firm foundation be built on a knowledge of truth. The truth is, dear girl, that you were precious before anyone told you that you weren’t. You weren’t placed on this earth to believe the lies that you’re not worth anything or that you aren’t valuable. Reject those lies, sweet girl. I believe that you are worth something, and that’s because the Creator told me that I was, when I didn’t believe anything true.
You know I once deemed myself as unlovable and worthless with no value and no right for a place in this world. My view has changed though. I have realised that I am worth something, I am worth more than something. In my Father’s eyes I am priceless. The love of God changes you into something indescribable. The love of God takes you in your brokenness and shows you that you are valuable. The love of the Creator changes everything. It takes all the labels that were placed on you in the past and replaces them with something even better, words that are valuable and loving and sweet to your soul.
You are loved and I hope and pray with all of my heart that you know that. If you don’t know that then please start on a journey of changing the labels that you place on yourself, regardless of your past, regardless of what your future may look like. You were not created to be average. You were created to be absolutely extraordinary and live an abundant life exceeding all you could ever have imagined for yourself. Take heart beautiful girl, freedom awaits. You were never created to remain broken so piece by piece, let the story of your life be placed together, and watch the beauty that unfolds xox