Not Good Enough?

Hey, Ladies. This is a post by our friend Michelle. Michelle was brave enough to share her story with us. It's no easy task to put your heart down for everyone to read. Thanks, Michelle!

Michelle writes...

When I think through the many memories I have, I can think of many of a voice telling me "I am not good enough for......". It may have been "I am not popular enough or pretty enough to be with Jacob" (a guy I had a crush on for six years). It may have even been "I'm not smart enough to get the degree I dream of having". It may be "I am not a good mother or wife." All these thoughts have ended in me not being happy most of my life, because most of my life, I believed these lies. I do know that God's plan is already wrtitten for all of us. I believe the choices we make are based on those those plans. 

I had this lie for tweleve years. It started when I started my teenage years. I became one of the worse teenage girls a parent could ever have. The fights I had with my parents, even though most of it was my fault, I had the voice in my head saying that my parents didn't care what I said or felt. It turned me to be sucidal. I, even, ran away one night after another fight with my mother. It surfaced more when I was jealous of the realtionship my mom and my sister-in-law had. The voice in my head was letting me know I wasn't a good enough daughter for my mom, my mom had to resort to her DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. I never counted in that my mom has been close to all three of us; me and my sisters-in-law since my first sister-in-law came into the family fourteen years ago.I started to feel like I was loved when Tony came into my life five years ago. It wasn't until the Mother's Day sermon that I realized this was the lie Satan was telling me.

I am very close with my family. I have a GREAT husband, an INTELLIGENT daughter, I have 3 friends that I am close with that I trust with my life to and are awesome people who deserve the best in life. I do know I am good enough for everything.

Sincerely, 

The best mother, wife, daughter, friend, and everything else I can be,
Michelle Marcelina Martinez Cooper

Into the Light...

1. Do you struggle with the nagging feeling that you're not good enough? Not smart enough, Not beautiful enough, Not capable enough?

2. Who would be telling you that? Would the God of the universe, who created you by His own hand say such things about His own creation?

3. If God isn't saying it, then is it true?

Wielding the Sword...

Read Isaiah 42:6-8 - According to these verses, who makes us all we are called to be? Look at verse 8. Is God going to share credit? We cannot be enough on our own - but because of Jesus we are more than enough IN HIM.

Read Colossians 3:2-4 - The motivations that leaving us feeling like we're "not enough" are often human thinking rather than thinking like God. Here, Paul says we are hidden in Christ. We are not just ourselves anymore. We have the power of the Almighty God.

Read Psalm 139:13-16 - What does the psalmist say about how well God knows you? Do you believe He can complete what He has started in you?  (Read Philippians 1:6)

The TRUTH is, WITH Christ, we have the power to be made new, to be complete, to be all we were created and called to be. If you've never crossed that line of faith - confessing Jesus as your forgiver and leader of your life, you can do it right now. Just open your heart to Him. Tell Jesus you know you've been trying in your own power, that You believe He is the Son of God, that He died for you and rose again to gain victory over the wrongdoing and death that want to control you. Tell Him you want that relationship with Him. Say it like You would say it :) Then send me a comment so we can rejoice and pray with and for you. Because of Christ, we ARE enough! In Him we can walk in truth and overcome the lies. 

The Lord is with you mighty warrior... princess :)