God has been teaching me a lot about my identity lately.
think about this — we were literally made in the image of GOD. we were made to look like the same God who literally CREATED everything in existence today. the same God who knows exactly how many hairs are on my head and what i’m going to do before it ever crosses my mind. that’s pretty darn cool if you ask me.
my identity is NOT that I’m a sinner.
i’ve been saying that over myself for longer than i’d like to admit. i used to just think that that was just the way it is. but saying that is literally just an excuse and pride getting in the way of what God says about me. and speaking bad about myself is straight up disrespecting God. i am God’s creation. he said that it was good.
and do you really think that God would be speaking negatively about you? he loves you so so much. those terrible thoughts about yourself are not coming from our heavenly father, but from the devil, and you have the CHOICE to not listen to what he says but focus on God’s truth.
God doesn’t see me as some lousy screw-up, he sees me as HIS KID! i’m his daughter. proclaiming what God says about yourself is a life giving confession!
he calls me worthy. even though i do make mistakes, he loves me. a lot. like a lot a lot.
and whenever i make a mistake and start beating myself up about it, i have to remind myself that being controlled by my emotions is not who God is calling me to be. just because i feel worthless doesn’t mean it’s true. i am not my feelings and i am not my actions.
i spent some time with God asking him who he says i am. this is what he said.
what’s so cool is that it’s impossible to spend time in the presence of God and leave unchanged. God wrecked my life in the best possible way when he spoke my identity over me.
i challenge y’all to spend some time with our Father and ask him what he says about you! if you have any questions, feel free to comment them down below!
sorry i know this blog was kinda all over the place, but i hope you all can take something away from it!
thanks for reading! i hope you all are having an amazing holiday season!
lots of love!
maddie
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song of the week:
worthy of it all + all of the glory by upperroom
God’s been actually singing this song over me. he says i’m worthy of it all. even in my mistakes. i’m worthy. God’s so cool.
praise of the week:
fireworks! i love love LOOOOVE fireworks! it’s a tradition that at midnight on christmas eve, a bunch of people set off fireworks in guatemala. we were able to see them all around the base! it was beautiful! i would show you pictures, but none of the ones i have do them justice haha
lol of the week:
sooo we made a christmas video. i think it’s pretty good. you should watch it hehe;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMVvRI2PpDs&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1xK2Eo5A7ZHw77xZAu6iWe7iyePXbaELowI3C1LL4nJ3XRlhpmWhAK-yM&app=desktop
spanish of the week:
feliz navidad 🙂
