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Lately I have been struggling to believe in God and believe that God is who He says he is, which leads into not fully trusting him, and then the top of the list not believing that i'm perfectly loved by HIM. I often times find that one of the reasons I blog for Love's Journey is that it helps me to see my struggle in the light of God's word and I begin to see and understand Him on a better level.
But first let's look at what belief really means. Belief is
- 1.an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
- 2.trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.
So belief is an acceptance that a statement is true or exists or is it a trust, faith or confidence ins someone or something, or is belief a combination of both is it an acceptance that a statement is true or something exist AND a trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.
I personally think that it's a combination of the two. So that being said let's look at the belief in yourself. Believing in yourself is so important. This is something that I don't fully believe about myself. I struggle to believe in myself. I often times struggle to see that if I believe in myself and what I'm about that the self- confidence I would have would make me unstoppable. I have found that as I struggle with my own human-ness in regards to walking with God daily, I struggle to see that I'm enough, that I can do all that God has planned for my life, I struggle to see that I'm beautiful. Please believe me when I say that you are loved, accepted, and beautiful, and God has crazy love for you. You need to believe in yourself and secondly you need to believe in God. Let's look deeper at what it means to believe God. I personally believe that believing God is two fold. By that I mean I have to believe that God exist and believe in God.
What does believing God mean- it means that you Believe that God sent Jesus to save you from your past, future and you believe that God can and will use your story in a mighty mighty way.
When I look back at my story I see time and time again how God has redeemed me and is just now beginning to use my story. I remember when I was 17 and feeling very far from God but with one single mistake ( which would lead to more) I hit a rock bottom at that time - I turned to God and remember one of my most honest prayers to God which was simply "God if just one person learns something from my story then this mistake will be worth it" I'm 24 and I'm just now seeing how God plans to use my story. I never pictured when I prayed that God would call me to run Love's Journey and to simply love on women and young girls who need someone to believe in them. I think back to the women in my life who have loved on me and still do and i'm blessed beyond belief. When you feel worthless, unloved, unwanted, stupid or whatever that's when you need to believe what God and the bible say about us- we are loved, worthy, wanted, bright and smart - Girls I'll let you in on a secret "GOD CHOSE YOU" think about that we were chosen by the creator of the universe. look at this picture and let it sink in deep
Jessica
