“We are not in charge. Somehow along the way, we each have to acknowledge that our loved one is a separate person from us — someone God loves, pursues, and when necessary, chastises. When we try to do God’s job, we get in God’s way. We are called to cherish, support, and pray for others, but trying our security to them is a lost cause. That knot we keep tightening is no more fair to them than it is to us. Hand that rope over to God. Let Him undo that tangled-up mess and retie your security to Himself. He’s the One with all the power.”
—Beth Moore
July 2010
insecurity
ding, ding. its been triggered again. i’m still in the process of reading the book “So Long, Insecurity” by Beth Moore. its a fabulous book and i’m learning quite a bit..on how to discover myself and learn how to rid myself of my insecurities. i’m reading the chapter titled “A Beautiful Prize Called Dignity”. Here is a rather large quote from the book, basically summarizing how I’m feeling/what I am and most women go through.
” ..strength and it has a tremendous bearing on our journey. Simply put, nothing makes a woman feel weaker than insecurity. When a wave hits us, don’t we despise ourselves for not being able to handle the trigger better? Even if we didn’t give our weakness away to the person nearest to us, aren’t we still painfully aware that insecurity got to us — again? Doesn’t it have the most uncanny way of making us feel like wimps? Surely somebody else has said to herself the same thing I have: I know better than this. I know this situation doesn’t have the power to define or diminish me. Why on earth do I let it?…Oh, beloved, you are much stronger than you give yourself credit for. If you are in Christ, you have divine power. In your gravest weakness, His strength is perfected…You are clothed with strength.”
I always feel shame when I catch myself repeating the way I deal with a trigger of my insecurities. its a weakness and i’m trying everyday to win this battle. to realize i’m a bigger person and that Christ has freed me. He has given me the freedom..to live.
Proverbs 31:25 “She is clothed with strength and dignity.”
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your hands. - JJ Heller.
I have unanswered prayers
I have trouble I wish wasn’t there
And I have asked a thousand ways
That You would take my pain away
That You would take my pain away
I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crookedly lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands
When You walked upon the Earth
You healed the broken, lost, and hurt
I know You hate to see me cry
One day You will set all things right
Yea, one day You will set all things right
When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands
Your hands
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still
When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave You when…
When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave…
I never leave Your hands
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“Give all your worries and cares to God for He cares about you.”
—1 Peter 5:7
“we all have insecurities. they piggyback on the vulnerability inherent in our humanity. the question is whether or not our insecurities are substantial enough to hurt, limit, or even distract us from profound effectiveness or fulfillment of purpose. are they cheating us of the powerful and abundant life jesus flagrantly promised?” - Beth Moore.”
—So Long, Insecurity.
