Insecurities for sell!!!

I read somewhere that "Love makes people do crazy things" but Id say "insecurities make people do crazier things."

Insecurities. We all have them. They are indelibly etched into the fabric of our life often through genes made physical or the tale of a long fought battle made manifest by emotional scars and wounds.


They are markings. Our personal Scarlet Letter that announces publicly to the world and measure the mark where we fall short. These markings sometimes depicted literally across our flesh but sometimes often figuratively in ways not seen are the insecurities that squashes away potential, seeps poison into the beauty of life, and squeezes dead the happiness from our lives.

Its the fear of denial that has us quitting before we even muster up the courage to try. The lack of confidence with issues that have no direct bearing with our talent or skill but yet keeps restraints and chains us to feeling worthless.

From cup size to nose size, from hair loss to hopes of weight loss these physical blemishes to past mistakes to emotional longings or scars and just the whole array of things that plague us into self hate and I say its just dumb, destructive, and futile.

You are beautiful! You are pretty! You are someone! Lacking in one area does not define you!

Yet we long and yearn to fix these things in hopes that we would feel better and have a sense of worth and normalcy to just fit in. While for some these are fixable the sobering fact is that most of these insecurities no matter the amount of fat lost, hair gained, and plastic surgery possible will still be there....

Sure you can lose weight, grow muscle, and augment some body parts but at the end of the day more times than not the same feeling is there...and that is the lack of self worth.

So whats the answer? Well the answer my dear friends is found in........ your identity in Christ! It is not found in yourself. Your worth, life, and everything in between is not made by yourself nor is it yourself but you are but a small microcosm of God.

God loves you dearly despite our shortcomings, physical blemishes, and just screwed up lives. He wants you! He desires you and all the baggage that you have. It doesn't matter our social status, money, looks, fame, or anything but to understand that my confidence is found in God and His love is enough and covers every problem or emotional hurt that I have....is just comforting and assuring.

So this isn't a excuse not to run or workout but it is a reason to find acceptance, love, and hope in God.

Some of the most confident and wonderful people I know are not the prettiest or have a set of perfect teeth...they just have a understanding of who loves them and their desire is to please Him...and not you and me :)