Affirm Yourself

Self Affirming: actively validating your own worth values and identity.

I've placed my identity in my appearance for as long as I can remember. Honestly it's still something I struggle with today. I didn't grow up seeing what a true relationship with God looked like. My mom believes in Jesus and she always told me to pray and keep my trust and faith in Him so that's all I knew. As I got older I came to know God for myself. He started to come into my life little by little through people He placed in my path. I have my best friend Johnathan to thank for that because his friendship set the foundation. My life choices is what pushed me to seek Him wholeheartedly though. I say all this because for so long I affirmed myself in my appearnce and what I had. Those things made me feel like I was somebody when the reality was that I was somebody not because of those things but simply because of who I am and whose I am. Who I am is a child of the Most High God and whose I am is God's child.

"THOSE THINGS MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS SOMEBODY WHEN THE REALITY WAS THAT I WAS SOMEBODY NOT BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHO I AM AND WHOSE I AM."

I'm learning to no longer affirm myself in things but to affirm myself in who God says I am. Training my mind to see my identity from a place of value in who God says I am rather than a place of worldliness based in image.