Written 7/8/10
I feel like there’s a common theme in my life so far.. This idea of what is true and what is false. And in that theme comes this thought, or revelation, so to speak.
Our whole lives we look for acceptance by someone. To feel accepted and loved. Often we look for that validation in another human being, or a job, or a title, or social status, or a talent. What happens when those things are ripped away?
When your boyfriend or girlfriend breaks your heart. When you lose your job. When you lose your position. When you’re in an unfamiliar place. When you are in a position where you can’t use your gift, or it’s not appreciated.
Does that make us worthless then? Are we worth more when we feel it, and worth less when we feel like it. What is the steady in this ever changing world?
Here in the world race, I have had many things taken away. Both spiritually and literally. I have had everything that can be shaken, shaken. All the leaves are falling to the ground. Who I was is no longer who I am now, and I prob won’t be who I am now, in 6 months.
So where does my worth come from? Where does my validation come from?
I’ve learned it doesn’t come from The World Race organization, it doesn’t come from my job title, it doesn’t come from what my family or friends say or think about me (though I love you all dearly). It doesn’t come from my gift to sing.
It comes from my Father.
If I never sing another song again, if I’m never able to work another day in my life, if I am left alone with no one around, if I never get married, if I’m not put in a certain position or given a certain title… God STILL loves me the same..and I am STILL a daughter of the King.
He validates me. Him alone. In this ever changing world, He is the constant, He remains the same. He is the anchor of my self confidence and worth.
This is the leson He’s been teaching me for a while, and He has exemplified it these past couple days.
Someone told me here “God is shaking all that can be shaken, so that all that is left is Him, the foundation..so that you can stand firm, unshaken in Him”
May we all see that there is only one True Validator.. Listen closely to what He says about you, who He wants you to become..because every other thing is false.
Agenda:Love,
Bethsaida
P.S my team is staying in the D.R.for this month. We are in Santo Domingo this week and leave for San Juan tomorrow. My team is one of the two traveling teams. We will be traveling to “mountainous villages” (that’s what they told us) to speak, serve, and love,with God’s love, the people in three different villages.
I have pics to post of Santo,but I don’t have access to a computer right now. I’m typing this from my phone.
Please continue to keep my team (S.O.L) and the rest of my squad in your prayers. We start ministry this weekend.
