Tag Archive | Self-esteem

He Knows My Name

Nov9

      

 Psalm 139(NASB)

1O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

 

2You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

You understand my thoughts from afar.

 

3You scrutinize my path and my lying down,

And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

 

4Even before there is a word on my tongue,

Behold, O LORD, You know it all.

 

5You have enclosed me behind and before,

And laid Your hand upon me.

 

6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

 

7Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

 

8If I ascend to heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

 

9If I take the wings of the dawn,

If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

 

10Even there Your hand will lead me,

And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

 

11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,

And the light around me will be night,”

 

12Even the darkness is not dark to You,

And the night is as bright as the day.

Darkness and light are alike to You.

 

13For You formed my inward parts;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

 

14I will give thanks to You, for £I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

 

15My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

 

16Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;

And in Your book were all written

The days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was not one of them.

 

17How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

 

18If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.

When I awake, I am still with You.

 

19O that You would slay the wicked, O God;

Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

 

20For they speak against You wickedly,

And Your enemies take Your name in vain.

 

21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

 

22I hate them with the utmost hatred;

They have become my enemies.

 

23Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

 

24And see if there be any hurtful way in me,

And lead me in the everlasting way.

Your Value

Oct24

 

What do you value?

What is your treasure?

In the hallway of the school my second grade granddaughter attends, there is a sign. 

I pass it on Thursdays as I go to help in her classroom.

It says this;

“The most valuable things in the world aren’t things”.

What a truth, simply stated.

Our relationships with God and people should carry more value than anything else we could ever have or do.

I have a friend who raised her children to consider what she calls “The preciousness of others”.

I had never heard that phrase before, nor had I ever considered any remotely like that.

“The preciousness of others”.  Selah.  Stop and think of that.

Isn’t that the very thing that the world we live in does not do? 

Isn’t that the very thing that each of us has a longing for?

To be of value to someone.

To be a treasure to someone.

To be precious.

I never sensed that growing up.

I know that I am not alone in that.

Quite the opposite actually.

It’s not a very exclusive club.

The club of the undervalued, the un-treasured, the un-precious.

Look around.  We see it everywhere.

The importance of our personal comfort outweighs the importance of helping others along who just need a hand or a kind word. 

It’s true. Helping others can be way uncomfortable.

The importance of having the latest gadget outweighs the importance of living with less and loving our families more.  

They don’t want more gadgets.  They want us.  They want to know that they matter.

The importance convenience outweighs the value of giving and nurturing new life. 

This has left our hearts so confused that there is almost no hope left in them.

But someone gave up His comfort, so that we could be valued.

That same Someone loves us with His whole heart. 

In fact, He treasures us above all creation.

We were created to be precious in His sight.

All the things that our hearts so long for, those are the reasons He came.

He came to speak truth to us in the midst of our confusion.

The lie we have believed in;

The lie of comfort.

The lie of dying with the best toys.

The lie that we don’t matter.

He came to refute those lies with the truth.

 

Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so.

 Little ones to Him belong;  They are weak, but He is strong.

 Chorus:

 Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!

 Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! This I know, As He loved so long ago,

 Taking children on His knee,  Saying, “Let them come to Me.”

 Chorus

 Jesus loves me when I’m good,  When I do the things I should,

 Jesus loves me when I’m bad,  Though it makes Him very sad.

 Chorus

 Jesus loves me still today, Walking with me on my way,

 Wanting as a friend to give Light and love to all who live.

 Chorus

 Jesus loves me! He who died Heaven’s gate to open wide;

 He will wash away my sin, Let His little child come in.

 Chorus

 Jesus loves me! Loves me still Tho’ I’m very weak and ill;

 That I might from sin be free Bled and died upon the tree.

 Chorus

 Jesus loves me! He will stay Close beside me all the way;

 Thou hast bled and died for me, I will henceforth live for Thee.

 Chorus

 

Little ones.  Weak ones. Sick ones.  We ones. 

Walking by our side.

When we’re good.  When we’re bad. 

He came for that.  He came for us.

We are valued by Him.

We are treasured by Him.

We are precious in His sight.

 

If you have a relationship with Jesus, remember no matter what, your value is always in Him.

If you don’t have a relationship with Jesus yet, then please click on the “Rescue” tab above.

You’ll find all you need right there on that page.

He loves you.

He’s waiting.   

 

The Importance of Story Part Two

Oct21


Your story should have been better.  Not a nightmarish fantasy.  Your story should have given you a better sense of yourself. 

Your true self.  Created by a God who loves you.  Created for a specific purpose.

Remember Sam’s words~

“And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.”

To be sure, things cannot go back to the way they were, back before the trouble.  Time has gone on too for that.  That would be fantasy.

But here’s what I know for sure.

If we must ask “Why?”, then this is the answer.

Genisis 50:20 (NASB)  As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.

Psalm 30:11 (NLT)  You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,

We should however, stop asking the “Why?” question, and begin to ask a few different questions so that healing can begin.

These new questions that can be answered right here where we live;

1. What does this mean?

2. What do I need to do now?

3. What can I learn from this?

How do I know this works for sure?

I apply these questions to every circumstance that would have my story go dark again.

The sting of rejection.

The suspicion of those who promise to help me, then don’t.

The abandonment I feel when I don’t receive the love and care I desire from the people I love.

The shame I feel when someone’s sarcastic remarks, or proclamations make me feel small.

The anxiety I feel when situations leave myself or my loved ones in a vulnerable spot.

 The answers to these three questions are always the same.

This means that; Old habits die hard. Old scars can still cause pain. Wounds not properly addressed, come back again and again, full of infection.

What I need to do now is; Get quiet.  Forgive the transgressor. Repent, if I had a part in it. Forgive Myself.  Ask God to use His healing word to repair the wound.  Since I don’t live in the Lord of the Rings fantasy world, I need to read the truth. The truth of God is the only True Healer. I can find that in my Bible.

What I can learn from this; I can learn the truth about just how much God loves me.  I can learn His true feelings towards me.  I can learn to recognize the attack as quickly as it occurs.  After I have found these truths, I can use them as a tool to rewrite the story from the enemy of my soul.

Here are some scriptures to help you begin your process.

Rejection: 1 Peter 2:4 (NLT) [ Living Stones for God’s House ] You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor.

Mistrust: Isaiah 45:19 (NLT)  I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner. I (God) would not have told the people of Israel to seek me if I could not be found. I, the Lord, speak only what is true and declare only what is right.

Abandonment:   Nehemiah 9:19 (CEV)  Because of your great mercy, you never abandoned them in the desert. And you always guided them with a cloud by day and a fire at night.

Shame: Psalm 25:2 King James Version (KJV) O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Anxiety:  Psalm 139:23  (NASB)  Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts.

 This is what we’re holding on to!!

There is only one caveat to gaining this help.

His eternal help is available only to those who trust in Him.

                Psalm 37:28 (NLT) For the Lord loves justice, and he will never abandon the godly. 

He will keep them safe forever, but the children of the wicked will die.

If you have not trusted Him with your heart yet, please visit the “Rescue” page of this blog by clicking the tab at the top.

The worlds help, is a fix that does not have eternal effects.

Gods help, is a fix that lasts for eternity.

What are you holding on to?