Friday, September 24, 2010

A few words of encouragement...

I hate to have to admit this, but I have an inferiority complex. I developed it when I was around 15 or 16, and then started to dissolve it around age 17...probably part way through my freshman year. It had almost completely disappeared by summer '09, and then I didn't have too much of a problem with it. But then it decided to rear it's ugly head tonight for reasons I had no control over, and I was forced to face it yet again. I don't really want to get into it too much, but I figured this would give me a chance to share some verses that really help me when I'm feeling ever-so-slightly self-loathing.

This is from Psalm 139:

13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

I have to remind myself that God made me the way I am. He chose to make me certain ways, and in His sight I am perfect and beautiful.

Also, I need to remember that He knows who likes me, who will ask me out, and who I will eventually marry. I gave all that up to Him last year, and have been working on contentment in my singleness. I still have issues with contentment every once in a while, but then I pray for help and by God's grace I have been able to deal with it thus far.

I hope this blog post has been an encouragement to anyone who is struggling like I am. Let me know if it's helped you in any way. =)
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  1. UnknownSeptember 24, 2010 at 11:19 PM

    Hey Rose, a very well written piece of your mind. I empathize with your feelings. I had my fair share of them when I was your age particularly. I always tried hard to be cool and to fit in because I was always afraid that I did not (for a variety of reasons). One thing that you have I did not have and that is a biblical perspective of yourself. I had to just live with my "self-loathing" without any answers of truth or hope. I am grateful that you do have the right perspective. It is a part of you that I knew was there. You are a cool young lady (of course you come from good stock -- and God has been, obviously, very good to you), it will just take the right circumstances to bring that out and the right person (what a blessed person that will be!) who eventually sees you for who you are -- and don't be afraid of who YOU really are! Love you bunches - Dad

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  2. Patti WestSeptember 27, 2010 at 8:01 AM

    I thought I posted a comment before. Rose, this is well written and would a be a super encouragement to any who read it while feeling down about themselves. Thank you for posting it. Love, Mom

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