Some days I look around and can’t help but think that I don’t measure up. Don’t we all? I'm not a soccer mom, a trophy wife, Paula Deen or Beth Moore. I’m just me.
Even though I am tall in frame, I still look up to other women in more ways than one. I still have this feeling that if they divided the women in my neighborhood into two teams, I’d be the last one picked. I’m not the life of the party. I’m the introvert who struggles to socialize while others throw their heads back in laughter and chit-chat with ease.
I’m not as skinny as I would like to be. I don't run as fast as I would like to. I question whether I am teaching my kids enough. I still spend more than I'd like on my grocery bill. I have a messed up back. And I wake up with the craziest hair that needs to be tamed.
Don’t get me wrong–all of these things are great goals to work towards changing. What isn’t so great is the insecurity that sneaks in when we can’t change it all - RIGHT NOW!
Insecurity is a lie that Satan wants each and every one of us to believe. We aren’t perfect, and he’s sure to point that out to us every single day. He’ll never show us our importance because in doing so we wouldn’t realize our importance to God, which is why we must keep our eyes off of the world and on the One who perfects us through grace.
Moses didn’t believe that he could be used by God because he wasn’t eloquent enough. How many times are we held back because we’re not good enough either? How many days are we discouraged because we don’t realize the extent of God’s grace?
I am by no means a perfect wife, but I cling to the verse in Proverbs 12:4, “A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.”
I would much rather be a crown to my husband than a trophy wife. And I would certainly rather have virtue over vogue.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. – Proverbs 31:10
We’re so much more than just another pretty face, a fancy outfit or a great handbag; we are so deeply loved by a God who has numbered each and every one of the hairs on our head.
If we surrender our life to the Lord, it is amazing who we become through His grace:
A friend: Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. – John 15:15
His children: But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. – John 1:12
Joint heirs with Christ: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. – Romans 8:17
Free: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. – Galatians 5:1
Redeemed: In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace… – Ephesians 1:7
A New Creation: So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away–look, what is new has come. – 2 Corinthians 5:17
Seated with Christ: He hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus… – Ephesians 5:6
And the list could go on…
Seriously–can any of this compare to a bad day, or what what people might think about you? Do people point out your flaws, your mistakes, your past? WHO CARES about that! Who you were can never compare to who you are in Christ.
Remember that you were bought, you were purchased, you were redeemed, you were set free, and you–yes YOU are loved by an almighty God.
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