Am I good enough? Embracing your imperfect life says yes
How many times have you wrestled with yourself this week? With doubts about what you have to offer, what you lack, what value you hold, and jeesh…why do you even try when no one notices???
I want to offer a bit of perspective and hope. You are doing AMAZING things that perhaps will not be revealed until later. You are already enough Stay with me here…
For the last year, I have tenaciously gone through a decade of material on my blog. Creating cohesive and a bit more timeless graphics. Updating links, background tedium.
It was tempting to change the content a bit to reflect my writing style now, but I fought against it.
Because it was authentic to a woman who I just re-witnessed her journey. And she is me. I was humbling, awe-inspiring (at God’s grace), and exciting to see just how far a woman changes in all her seasons.
Why do I keep telling myself I’m not good enough?
Comparison makes you feel like you’re not good enough.
There were topics that were painful to revisit, writing that clearly shows the path of a writer learning and making mistakes as she grew. Who worried about coming across too much, too shallow, too deep?
A mother who wanted desperately to do a better job…who shone AND flopped. A marriage that shook and prevailed. A friend who learned to let go and stay steady. A daughter who grieved a gaping hole and healed.
A woman who let body image steal too much of her years and fought (and won) against the Goliath named comparison.
A joy-seeking, life-embracing woman who was real and shared as she experienced life. And it was scary, and it was worth it. She saw beauty. She still does.
How do you make yourself believe you’re good enough?
Feeling not good enough cheats you. Your seasons have value.
Sorting through vulnerable words and pictures of a woman with small children, to an empty nest woman embracing her second half. I cried and praised God.
For many of those seasons, I battled anxiety, fear, and hard life realities.
You might be there now, or you might be in a season of smooth sailing. Sister, they both have value!
What I want to share is this- I am seeing I was enough all along.
YOU are enough now, not “after” this or that. Now. You have always been enough.
Comparison has no place in our life. Fear has powerful lessons when we trust God and determine to overcome. YOU ARE AMAZING, RIGHT NOW. With or without doubts.
What does good enough even mean?
Today is the day for freedom.
One victory that as a woman I was surprised today by? I needed a photo of myself for a graphic, and for all the years, until my 40’s, would have struggled with body image issues about double chins, etc. Today, I chose one WITH all those things, on purpose, and loved it.
Today I saw a woman who had become fully herself, would always change and become, until Jesus calls me home. She has a smile that was warm…and guess what?
We can choose something else, and it is precious and right to do it. Don’t wait, please sisters. Today is the day for freedom.
I’ll continue to write and hopefully develop content that becomes a business…the business of encouraging women to embrace their beautifully imperfect life.
When you think you’re not good enough, remember this
When you go through the rest of your day remember that all the things you dream of now? They matter. All the things you are doing now? They matter. All of the moments you have already been through? They matter too.
Because all of the pages create the story of you, beautiful and important you.
Those things matter in ways you might not see until they are far in your rearview mirror. Hopefully then, one stunning day you will realize how precious it was that you invested in all of the things.
And importantly, in you.
The woman God designed and intimately knows. He counts your tears and shares your joys and sees all that you do. Nothing is invisible to Him. He sees you and treasures you… will you start valuing yourself too?
Oh friend, you are amazing in 1000 ways you don’t even realize. The epitome of potential. Don’t grow weary in doing good…the next chapter might be your favorite so keep pressing on. ♥
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