Believe // Let’s All Be Brave
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So when I read Annie’s words in this letter, I couldn’t help but yank out my highlighter. This quote hit me like a punch to the gut. The kind that if the air was cold enough, you’d see all of the air from my lungs puff out white.
“I can see the root of the problem. I didn’t love me. I didn’t believe in myself. I didn’t think I could do it. And even more deeply? I didn’t believe I could mess up and still be loved.”
At the age of sixteen, after years of playing hide and go seek with my heart, I finally handed it over to my Creator. And thought our relationship has definitely seen its fair share of highs and lows, I’ve never doubted Him enough to denounce my belief in Him.
So if I can hold onto trust and have faith in this God that I have never seen, why can’t I have faith in myself, one whom He has created?
“But I’m not that girl anymore. I’m not the happy-on-the-outside-insecure-for-days-on-the-inside girl. The lies are gone (for the most part), and instead I see the truth of how God made me and who he made me to be.”
“To see yourself the way God sees you is the first step in being brave.”
