Good enough.

The power of not wanting to fail will hold back someone's dreams and the power of wanting to please will drive someone's passion in the wrong direction. When your afraid to fail, you hold yourself back. Being afraid to fail comes from many different sources; insecurities, lack of knowledge, and even words of discouragement that were spoken to you. "I can't do it, I'm not good enough, I don't have what it takes." People say that your worst enemy is yourself and isn't that so true at times. Here is God saying "Hi, I have these huge amazing plans for you!" and here we are "No! You don't know, I can't do it!" We hold ourselves back. We stop the process; shut the door! Many times we wonder why God will not move us forward and we neglect to realize that we are the ones that are in the way. When you say yes to God, you will not fail. Even in your valleys, your brokenness, your lonely moments you will see the very hand of God with you reminding you of your victories.

Others live their life in the shadows trying to please people. Fact of life is that you will fall short of people's expectations for you; you will disappoint and on the other hand people will disappoint you. You will feel abandoned, angry, hurt, and frustrated. When trying to please others, you will constantly be looking for approval from them, hoping that they will focus on the good and forget the bad. The problem with trying to make people happy is that it will never be satisfying. Even if you do something right, the feeling is temporary until you "mess up" again and the cycle of trying to please begins all over again. That person will always expect more, always point out the wrong and eventually stop celebrating the rights. This behavior in a life causes a person to live in a emotional rollar-coaster. Constantly wondering if they will ever be good enough, smart enough, brave enough. Usually comparing themselves to others and how they can be better to receive that approval they so desperately desire. Can you imagine living your entire life placing this burden on yourself. Never feeling like your good enough? Pretty enough? Smart enough? The truth is that many women do. We would never know it because we're pretty good at smiling, waving, looking pretty so that no one can see the tear stains on our face. The thing is that God gave His life for us, He wasn't up there on the cross looking down on us with his checklist of "expectations" in order to see if we were "good enough" to give up His life for. As a matter of fact, He gave up His life for people that didn't even love Him! Wow! What a love. What a heart God has for us! The more you focus on trying to please others, trying not to fail, the more you kill your own spirit and passion. The problem here is that your no longer focused on becoming who GOD wants you to be but now you are focused on who MAN wants you to be. You create a detour from the original path God has for your life. Our goal should be to reflect the heart of Christ. And the BEAUTY of His love is that He requires nothing but a humble heart. There is a difference between being humble (knowing that you are merely a servant of God, nothing without Him) than lowering your self worth. Someone with NO self worth says "I'm nothing, I'm no good"; a person who is confident in Christ says "I am a child of God, that makes me worth everything". Which are you? Start reflecting the heart of God today; know that He paid the price for you with no pre-requsites. You were worth it.

"I will do all that I can, with whatever I have, wherever I am... and I'll let good enough be good enough."