There is one thing in my life that has paralyzed me; that’s stopped me dead in my tracks; that’s hindered so many beautiful and wonderful things.  It severed as chains in my life, the thing that held me captive for so long.  Many of you struggle with it too.  It comes hidden in so many forms.  It puts on masks of pride, false humility, humor, shyness, overbearingness, anger, depression. . .the list could go on and on.  It’s insecurity.

I feel like nearly every single person we see everyday battles with insecurity.  It might be about their weight.  It might be about the home they come from, or the clothes that they wear.  Guys and girls are assumed to have vastly different sources of security and insecurity….but what it really comes down to is the question, “Do I love myself?”  And I’m not talking about the narcissus loving yourself, when someone’s ego is dominating their lives, but I’m talking about being sincerely thankful that God created you the way you are.

I had a teacher once at an internship, and she radiated contentment and joy.  She seriously loved being herself. She didn’t want to be another person in the entire world. She was unique and individual. She said once, “I just love being me… I LOVE being Meghan!  I don’t ever want to be another person—I love my life.”  I was floored when I heard her talking about this.  I couldn’t believe that someone could actually feel this way.

I was on a quest at that moment in my life to become everything that God wanted me to become, and I wanted to become. Nothing was going to hold me back, because what had held me back for so long was my belief that I couldn’t.  I wasn’t good enough, I wasn’t capable of doing anything great, and I wasn’t beautiful.

You are capable in Christ.  You are made whole in Christ.  You are made beautiful in Christ.  You are made pure in Christ.   He has set a path before you that was designed for you… just for you.  No one else can do what you were created to do, and the only thing that is stopping you is yourself, and your insecurities. In Christ, you can overcome.

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