Be happy with YOU!!

So, a friend of mine posted this on her Facebook page, and I had to share it here as well. Great thoughts!!! As someone who has struggled with insecurity for as long as I can remember, these words spoke peace into my heart. I am so glad to be approaching 30 with a real sense of who I am IN CHRIST. Wish I had known/felt that when I was in middle/high school.

"Dare to be happy w/ who you are right now. Many social, physical, and emotional problems stem from the fact that people don't like themselves. They are uncomfortable w/ how they look, how they talk, or how they act. They don't like their personality. They are always comparing themselves w/ other people, wishing they were something different.

You were not created to mimic somebody else. You were created to be you. You can be happy with who God made you to be, and quit wishing you were something different. If God had wanted you to look like the perfect PTA mother, He would have made you look like her. If God had wanted you to have a different personality, He would have given you that personality. When you go around trying to be like somebody else, not only does it demean you, it steals your uniqueness.

An important factor in seeing yourself God's way is to understand your intrinsic sense of value. Your sense of value cannot be based on your successes or failures, how your children treat you, or how popular you are. It is not something we earn; indeed, we cannot earn it. God built value into us when He created us. As His unique creation, you have something to offer your family and this world that nobody else has, that nobody else can be. Your sense of value should be based SOLELY on the fact that you are a child of the Most High God...

God doesn't want a bunch of clones. He like variety, and you should not let people pressure you or make you feel badly about yourself because you don't fit their image of who you should be. Be an original, not a copycat. Be secure in who God made you to be and then go out and be the best mom you can be. Even if everybody else rejects you, remember, God stands before you with His arms open wide. Learn to be happy with who God made you."

Also check out Philippians 1:6 :)

Peace and love to all of us moms and everyone out there!!