INSECURITY

*DISCLAIMER: If tough love isn’t your thing, read ahead at your own risk.

(if I use a pretty color it'll seem like a nicer topic, right?)

You wanna know some fun things I used to be insecure about?

My 10th grade school picture ^

1. My eyebrows aren’t symmetrical
2. My knees are an odd shape
3. I'm quiet and struggle with talking
4. I have really deep dimples so when I smile it looks like I have a double chin
5. My laugh is really loud
6. I’m not ‘curvy’
7. I had to get two fake teeth, but I had to be 18 to get the surgical implants. So for a year I had two gaps right next to my upper front teeth. Can’t picture what I’m talking about? Imagine a beaver. Ok. Now you understand.

OKAY. NOW READ OVER THAT LIST.

Pretty stinkin’ dumb, huh?

One day my Sophomore year of high school I was looking in the mirror feeling all sort of ugly because my eyebrows weren’t symmetrical, and it hit me- I busted out laughing. WHAT AM I DOING?

I no longer see insecurity as an “Aww it’s okay, you’ll get over it because you’re beautiful” kind of issue. Because after years of being told that- it did me no good. If you were struggling with meth I wouldn’t just say, “It’s okay. Take your time. One day you’ll get over it.” No. I’d send you to rehab. So consider this the rehab of your self-worth, because I see insecurity in girls as a plague hindering you from seeing you the way your Savior sees you. 

THE LORD is a jealous God who TREASURES YOU as HIS OWN CHILD.

 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him might not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

Try not to hate me, I’m just being honest:
Who are we to think that we know what we should look like?!

Who are we to know what personality we should have?!

Who are we to know what talents we should possess?!
Who are we to question the Lord?!
Who are we to call His creation ugly?!
Do you get where I’m coming from?

Insecurity is simply a backwards version of pride. We think that what we look like matters that much, and we also think that we know better than God when we claim that we should be this way.

 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27

So yes, for the rest of my life (unless any of you girls have a really amazing eyebrow lady?) they will always be different, I can’t change the bone structure of my knees, my dimples aren’t going away, and my voice will be quiet while my laugh is gonna be loud.

What are you insecure about?

You don’t have the nicest clothes? 

You can't cook to save your life? 

You’re 22 and you still question whether you’ve hit puberty? 

Heaven forbid your thighs touch?

No matter how hard you try, you aren't perfect?
(sometimes i just can't contain the sassy; i apologize)

Girls. Aim high. Know your worth. Don’t let the absolutely petty things hold you down because 30 years from now you aren’t going to remember that your arm looked flabby in that one picture.

Be filled with the joy of the Lord. Live boldly, not insecurely. Take care of yourself. Acknowledge the fact that not one person on this entire planet is exactly like you. Understand that while you waste time not liking yourself, there is someone who loves you. Namely, the One who created you.

 "A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit." Proverbs 15:13