The Holidays can be a time of reflection, but it does not have to be a time of rejection. Most often, we can be so consumed with getting everything right that we focus on everything that is wrong. And I think we can all agree that never makes anything right.
Matthew 6:31-32 NLT - “So don’t worry about these things, saying, “What will we eat?What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.”
Worry, like fear, is simply negative thinking. You think negatively about situations, places, people or things based on your experience or the experience of others. Your mind is so overwhelmed with concern about something wrong happening that you can’t even see anything right.
Can I tell you a secret? You and I will never get it all right! So just go ahead and forgive yourself now. You will make mistakes. You will miss the mark. You will have regrets. But even in all that, there’s nothing wrong with you.
Our lives are not DIY projects. We are not accidents waiting to happen. We are not in this by ourselves. We are all uniquely designed, handcrafted masterpieces created to reveal a God that wants to be seen in a real world amid real problems. His goal is to work through us, so we can begin to solve them.
So, if you find yourself not having met your goals, or feeling rejected, abandoned and alone; there is nothing wrong with you! Why? Because Jesus himself took on those same feelings too!
He went to the cross alone. He took on the sins of the world alone. He died alone. Despite all this, he still came through. And there is nothing that he came through that you can’t come through too!
As we move toward the new year and new season, give yourself a break from the pressure of your performance and allow yourself the freedom to enjoy the beauty of His.
There is nothing wrong with you. All He sees is right when He sees you. Can you see it too?
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