Do you feel like your enough?
This is a question I ask myself over and over again when there are nights I just cry because I feel empty and useless. I feel as if my sins are so unforgivable or unbearable for God to even look at me or love me. I log onto social media and immediately feel like I am never enough because I don’t have the followers, the likes, or comments.
I look at my body sometimes and wish I was few sizes smaller, so I could wear a pair of jeans without feeling ugly. I tell myself, if only I ate less and worked out more maybe I would be happier with myself.
Sometimes I think that I may never get married. I think that any possible relationship will end in shambles because I somehow was not good enough for that guy.
My list can go on and on about all the things I am doing wrong, that if only, if only, I did them “perfectly” or “was pretty” that my life would just be easier with the flip of a switch. But that is just unrealistic and completely boring.
I am a broken individual who is messy and shattered. There is nothing glorious about my life by itself, but when you bring God into the picture, my life becomes a masterpiece.
I recently read a post from a girl named Grace Valentine on Instagram about this movement she calls #TheEnoughMovement. She talked about wanting to be more real this year and for some reason that struck a chord in my heart. My goal for 2018 is to be more vulnerable, and I want to be as vulnerable and open as I can be. But being real and vulnerable starts by admitting that we are not perfect individuals or “pretty, instagram” Christians. We are Christians, sons and daughters of God, who have a life because of the ugliness and brokenness found at the cross.
The cross is messy, and so can we.
Our God is constantly reminding us that we are enough. Enough in His eyes, enough to Him, enough for this world. We are enough. More than enough. So indescribably enough that God himself can’t create the words in our languages or our tongues to describe his love for us and how enough we are. In Song of Songs 4:7, God tells us, “you are altogether beautiful my darling. Beautiful in every way.”
What if we lived our lives living out these truths? What if we internally lived with this mentality? What would our lives look like?
Rest in Him today, tomorrow, and until He comes again because you are enough.
*(If you want to learn more about the Enough Movement, head over to Grace Valentine on Instagram and Facebook. She is an awesome girl with a God-loving heart!)
