I watched this video and thought of what I’ve been through, what I look like, who I am.
We can think of this as a catch phrase, a trite saying to deal with bad days, but, it is biblical. Not in the modern, narcissistic sense of being the center of your own universe, focusing on yourself to the exclusion of others. It is biblical in the sense of accepting the value that God has placed on you, appreciating the gift of who you are, your life, your purpose.
I am not tall. I am not good looking. I am pudgy, wear glasses, have gray hair. I am loud and obnoxious, moody, intense, opinionated, argumentative. I am not strong or fast or graceful. I’m not a great guitarist. My voice will never win any awards. My attempts at sainthood have fallen pitifully short.
So what is there to love?
I am the only me that there is. My voice is the only voice that some people can or will hear. My songs, my heart are the only ones that have the potential to reach certain people. My life is the only one that some will see the presence of God through.
You are the only you that there is. Live like there is no one else that can do what you do. Live like yours is the only voice people will listen to.
Live like God has chosen you.
Because He has!
The Healing Worshipper 
I’ve been going through a difficult ‘season’ now for awhile. Yesterday the Lord took me to 1John 3:1 & 2 and, as I am apt to do any more with Scripture, I personalized it: ‘How great is the love the Father has bestowed on me. that I should be called a child of God. AND THAT IS WHAT I AM!! The reason the world does not know me is that it did not know Him. I am a child of God and (seems like it should be ‘but’) what I will be has not yet been made known. BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN HE APPEARS, I SHALL BE LIKE HIM, FOR I SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS’. Scripture is one thing that I have to over and over and over again, say in my head and out loud. I don’t feel, at times, like I have much worth at all, but HIS WORD says differently. Who do I choose to believe? Therein, lies the discipline of the mind that is so hard and so important for me.
Once again, thanks for your vulnerability and willingness to post these things.
We are held in the hands of the one who created galaxies! Good place to rest.
READ THIS EARLIER AND FORGOT TO COMMENT. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU LOOKED LIKE A MOVIE STAR IN CERTAIN POSES AND PICTURES! AND THAT IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY FOR MYSELF AND MOST OTHERS! GBU!
Movie Star? Well, those days are long gone. Really? I’m not often rendered speechless but…..