NEVER LET YOURSELF DOWN
There will come a time when people would put you down. People would judge you. Those who hardly know you. And those whom you thought knew you well. You will look for comfort but you will find none. You will wander the streets weeping but not a friend will be in sight.
Never let yourself down. Take heart, for no matter how awful the accusations against you are, you are still a child of God.
This is the time when your love for yourself will be tested. Whether you will believe what others say about you, or whether you will stand your ground because you know yourself best.
Take comfort knowing that you are never alone. God still believes in you, you know. God loves you and sees in you the person everybody else failed to see.
Don’t fail to see that person. Never let yourself down.
Share This and Inspire Others!
Separating Our Mistakes from Our Self Image
Sometimes its so easy not to separate our behavior from our image of ourselves, to separate the sin from the sinner, so they say.
When we make blunders, we feel we’re failures. When we have broken relationships, we feel we are broken too and worthless.
However, if we truly desire to improve our relationship with ourselves, we must learn to practice acknowledging our errors without eroding our overall belief in our worth.
So you failed in your exams, does it mean you haven’t learned anything? So you weren’t accepted for a job, does it mean no employer would later on trust you and consider you a valuable asset to his company?
Things like those happen. Things change. What should remain intact is our respect and love for ourselves, our belief that we are God’s children and no matter how many mistakes we make along the way of growing up, we are still destined for Grace and eternal Joy!
Share This and Inspire Others!
How beautiful must you be
so you can see yourself as beautiful?
How smart must you be
so you find the confidence to say
that you have it in you
to succeed
How much studies must you undertake
how many certificates and titles must you acquire
how many languages
how many skills
how excellent
how fast
and how creative
so you can find the security to say
that in this fast
and changing world
you are doing well
and that you are at par
with the rest
who are trying so hard
as you do
trying to please
trying to excel
trying to be the very best
where the very best
could not be found
among those who try
to be the best.
It is never enough
It never will be enough
for true confidence
could not be found
in the exaltation of the self
or in the perfection we desire
but which eludes us the more
the more we try to grasp it
Only in Jesus
do we find rest
only in Him
do we find
the strength
the purpose
and the power
to accomplish
all things
for the perfect good
of all.
Share This and Inspire Others!
Who do people say you are?
Do you believe them?
Do you hate yourself afterwards
because they have made you feel worthless?
People may be mirrors that help us
reflect the truth
and they do help us a lot of times.
But there are times when the very mirrors
we are counting on
are marred
and broken
and cannot reflect the truth that we wanted to see
Who do people say you are?
What images have they formed in your mind?
Are these images accurate after all?
Are the mirrors you’re using
clear
well illuminated
true?
Share This and Inspire Others!
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=bb937604-93c6-4035-af26-66f811062951)
Friends' Comments