These links are for those internally unstable, the ones who need reassurance in their faith of humanity, and for those who are fans of Sarah Bessey.
Every time we believe our destiny is to basically just suck, then we buy into those Soul Bullies. And I’m so OVER IT. For me and for you. When we believe we’re essentially bad and flawed and an F-up, then we will — even subconsciously — fulfill that destiny. And if we believe that we are, somewhere down deep, worthy, loved, whole, then we will fight for more. We will ask God, over and over again, to remind us of his truth. We will begin again when we forget and fail and fall short. We will reach back when he reaches out his hand and throws us a lifeline. We will believe we are destined for more. We will not settle for punishing ourselves or letting ourselves be punished. We will, maybe, stop sabotaging ourselves. We will, perhaps, look into a bit of help and support. We will, even, surrender our attempts at control. Because we are worthy. Because we have within us, God-image. And we believe that matters. And we want to protect that GOLD inside us. We consider it an honor and a gift. And so we protect that treasure within. We ask God to show us how.
I heard that the PBS star Mr. Rogers carried a note in his pocket that was given to him by a social worker. The note said “There isn’t anyone you can’t love once you’ve heard their story.”
Even people on their phones.
So get on with it. Don’t be held back. You’re free already, remember? Be brave. There is real evil in this world, you are a prophetic outpost for the Kingdom of God. Live into the abundance of God in your life and watch the resistance come but stand. Hold fast.
This is the Jesus that I know: the Jesus who crawls down into our rottenness, our stench, our poison, our brokenness, and then rather than pretend that everything is fine, gets to work on slowly and thoroughly and completely setting us free.
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