How many of us have really grasped that concept? That God
loves me. It got me thinking about Dr. Angelou's life, in "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" she writes how she was send with her brother to her
grandma's house by her father and after a few years he came back and gave them to their
mother. She was raped by her mother's boyfriend and she told her brother who then
told everyone else and the man was arrested for one day. When he came out of jail he
was killed and she became a mute for 5 years because "her voice had killed
that man". In her other biographies she takes about having to work in a not
so modest place and being a single mother at 17. Yet she is still able to
grasp the idea that God loves her. No matter what, God loves her. While singing
to Michael W. Smith's "You're The One That Really Matters" feat. Kari
Jobe I got to thinking about how Maya Angelou might have felt; black, raped and a single mother.
How everything in that time era singled her out as less than a human, and I don't
know her personally but her words are words that have experienced pain and
neglect, so you just know she suffered. But she kept going and at the end she can say "GOD LOVES ME"
because no one matters but Him!
Can you say that with confidence?
Have you ever walked by someone and wondered "I wonder
if they are looking at me, or looking at my thighs rub together, or belly
jiggle or looking at my butt" (the butt one is for me cause it's my
insecurity lol) Sounds silly right? But I'm sure that we have all thought it.
Not just appearance wise but when I was in high school I would wonder if people
would like how I acted or how I carried myself, I worried too much about what
others thought yet putting on a brave face of "I don't care what the world
says". Which was the biggest lie because I really did care, it was a time
when I static in life, I wasn't moving forward but backwards. It is time to
align our thoughts with the thoughts of Jesus. Lets not assume this
"humble" position that it is okay to think less of yourself because
it is "righteous". The one that really matters is Jesus and he loves you. I dare to
say that your emotions to yourself do not matter either because you will
always, always, always find something negative about yourself, but Jesus won't,
He sees you as perfect, clean, pure and not at fault of any wrong doing. Those
are the thoughts that really matter. When we stop wondering what others around
are thinking but start to wonder what Jesus thinks of us when we walk down the
street that's when you start to enjoy life a bit better. You walk with a smile
on your face, your insecurities are no longer just yours but Jesus takes them
and casts them into this huge ocean of grace. No longer do the chains of caring
what others say hold you down. You live to please a living God, not imperfect
humans. No one is staring at you when you eat, no one is staring at your belly,
no one is staring, period. And if they are, do their thoughts really matter? Is the
thoughts of strangers or a person who you know for 2 years really out rule to
the thoughts of a God who has known you before you were created?
Declare "GOD LOVES ME" as many time a day as you
need to, even if you don't believe it, say it. When you are feeling full of
sin, say it. When you are feeling unappreciated, say it. Lonely? Say it. Angry?
Say it. Eating a bowl of ice cream? Say it. Just say God loves me. It will
change your life.
"I know that I have been found. The cares of life can't
hold me down. 'Cause You're the one I want to please. What matters now is what
You think. You're the one that really matters" - "You're the one that really matter"
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely
admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” In loving memory
of Dr. Maya Angelou
Here's the interview with Oprah, its worth a watch!
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