DOES SELF SABOTAGE RING A BELL

I have a feeling that this is going to set some of you all free!

 Self- sabotage is when people do or don’t do things that block them from success, accomplishing goals, receiving healthy relationships, not walking fully into what God is leading you to because you do not feel worth it, and the list can go on.

 I have self-sabotaged so many different things in my life and second-guessed opportunities because either I felt like I wasn’t worthy or I just didn’t do what was necessary to maintain them, or even push myself to get to the next level. I can say that I often found myself once again comparing myself to another individual who had more accolades than I did, or more education when it came to certain jobs, and I would be in my head subconsciously talking myself out of a good thing. To be even more specific a GOD thing. I would ask multiple questions for extra confirmation when it was certain God sent me into a specific place.

 Another example I can give you, is going after the dreams and ideas God placed in my heart to execute. I would spend time brainstorming and drawing out ideas but when it came time to execute them, I would start and stop within a few days. Back then I didn’t know why I would fall into the same pattern, but after reflecting I came to the realization that I feared myself. I was fearful because I knew it would require me to get serious and to get to the next level I was going to have to work hard and push myself. It’s not to say that I wasn’t willing to do the work, but it would be something that was new for me and would have to be done in a new and different way.

 Over the years I have learned to lean into all of who I am as a woman of faith. That’s not to say I am perfect and have everything figured out because I absolutely do not. But I am learning to really trust who God created me to be and the opportunities he blesses me with. Because if he has led me to it and presented it in front of me, I have everything I need already on the inside of me, he trusts me, and he knows I will knock it out the ballpark.

 Consider me as your sister, cheerleader, and encourager right now. It’s time to get out of your own way and walk into these spaces knowing YOU belong there without a shadow of a doubt. Trust yourself and trust what God is showing and doing in your life. We can be our own worst enemies, and the longer you continue to self-sabotage you will always be in your own way!

A WORK OF ART

Someone once said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but if that were truly the case why we do we compare and pick apart the very handiwork God created, which was YOU.

 At some point I believe we have all struggled with self-esteem and self-confidence, at least I know I have over the years. As I got older, I started to appreciate myself and the very way I looked because I saw myself in the way God sees me and not what the world deems as beautiful.

 When we view ourselves in the eyes of the world or compare, before you know it, you’ll find yourself in a loophole questioning your whole existence, which is you also not trusting God and diminishing the fact that everything he has made is PERFECT.

 God does not make mistakes. He formed us even before we were formed in our mother’s womb and carefully molded each of us just like a potter who molds clay. Your very make up, is like no other, and you will not find a single sole that is like you, which is a beautiful thing. You are unique and wonderfully made. So, the next time you find yourself comparing your features, or picking apart the small things you see in the mirror that you deem unlovable, I want you to see God in the mirror when you look at yourself.

 You reflect God himself and I need you to walk in that confidence, believing and knowing. You are special in his eyes and will forever be.