ONE BIG MISTAKE

Sometimes I view my self-worth as the cumulative goodness, 

brokenness, stupidity, and perfection of my actions. 

Something like this:

But then I have to remind myself, I am not my mistakes. I am not a mistake. I am a person who makes mistakes. But those mistakes are temporal. In the eternal scheme of things, I'm not one big mistake, 

I AM A MIRACLE!!!!

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:"
-Matthew 5:44-45

Sometimes, our greatest enemy is ourself. All day long we are picking at our weaknesses, dwelling on past mistakes, and swimming in negative self-talk. If that doesn't sound like an enemy, I don't know what is. Love yourself, focus on your strengths, think positively, and then you will be who God made you to be - His child.

ISSUE vs. IDENTITY

“If there’s one thing I see as the biggest problem, it’s not in building a world where we eliminate the ignorance of others. It’s in building a world where we teach acceptance of ourselves. We’re okay with who we are, because when we get honest we see that we all struggle, we all suffer…. We all know what it is to hurt…. And we all know how important it is to heal.”

Weaknesses, illnesses, and mistakes are “an issue, not an identity.”

Start at 7:35 for my favorite part of the video.