You made all the delicate, inner
parts of my body and knit me
together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so
wonderfully complex! Your
workmanship is marvelous—
how well I know it.
for Christ” (Ephesians
are not in alignment
6:20, NLT). I am who
with what God says
I am because no one
about you, my sugcan be who God has
gestion is to read and
created me to be other
study God’s word.
than me and I am okay
For in it, you have all
with that and have
the answers to who
no desire to walk in
you are and all that
—Psalm 139:13-14 (NLT)
“someone’s shoes.” God
plagues you in life. For
created all of us for a
example, in the Bible
reason and if we can
with the story of the
see ourselves the way
“Samaritan woman at
that he sees us, then,
the well” (John 4:7there wouldn’t be so many “identity issues”
28 KJV). She obviously wrestled with identity
in the world i.e. men wanting to be women,
issues and sought her value and significance in
women wanting to be men, people looking
multiple relationships with men but it wasn’t
to celebrities lives as an example of how they until she came into the presence of the “true
should live, not realizing, many of them have
living water,” that she could find peace and
their own issues and many things are not
meaning in life because Jesus was all that she
“always the way they appear in the media.”
truly needed. And, Jesus is all that you need to
God loves us just the way that we are!
fill the void and ache that is in your heart. For
We don’t have to be taller, younger, richer,
the Bible states “Give all of your worries and
lighter, darker or anything else because all of
cares to God, for he cares about you (I Peter
those things are not important to God. God
5:7, NLT).” Also, as you read the word of God
accepts us with our “flaws and all.” People
and spend time in God’s presence, it gives you
have a false idea of others and no one can
peace and confidence to know unequivocally
live up to the world’s depiction of humanity
without a “shadow of a doubt” who you are
nor should they strive to do so. Because as a
and consequently you can say with boldness
result, they will come out empty and defeated and without reservation, “The Lord is my light
because it is an unrealistic view of life! My
and my salvation so why should I be afraid?
suggestion is to look to God! Know that God
The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from
is the final authority in all things and that any- danger, so why should I tremble? Though
thing he does is not for our ultimate demise
a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will
but for our ultimate good!
not be afraid. Even when I am attacked, I will
And, anytime you feel that you are
remain confident (Psalm 27:1, 3, NLT).”
receiving messages about who you are that
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