WORTH, WIND and WHAT’s up with THAT??!!

So, I have shared before, that I have heard before, over … and over … and over again, the silent “struggle” in so many heads that boils down to the belief that

“I AM WORTHLESS.” 

Kinda heavy, I know, but I am gonna GO there.

‘Cause I often wonder why anyone would feel that way. I mean, I sit across the desk from many an amazing lady and think, “How could she ever feel that way about herself? She is so obviously talented, beautiful, gifted, Godly.…” And so, this WORTHLESSNESS has intrigued me for quite some time.

But when I look back in my life, I see that I too had been there for quite some time.

OH really? 

Oh yes, it’s true.

And what if I shared that I didn’t even KNOW I was “there,” until?? I followed the LORD and I found I “left” living there.

Oh yes. Through a lot of hard work, study and prayer, GOD moved me past some points of “VALUE” that I was relating myself to. (You know, the “great skill” of COMPARING yourself to your old self, or to others, or what others expect, or what we THINK others expect, is HUGELY impacting … whether we can see or hear it in ourselves or not.)

But thanks in part to a BIBLE STUDY I did 14 times — yes, some of you will know this one! It was called “BREAKING FREE,” and it meant a LOT to me — I have become really aware of what really GODLY things I REALLY believed, but also some bogus “I have tos” and “I can’ts.” Beliefs and UN-truths and comparisons that, well, were just not “right” or acceptable according to GOD.

Yes, I did have a solid stash of solid Bible-Based Beliefs that SHOULD stay, but also a few which I needed to continue working through and letting go (even though it “hurt” me so).

And so, each round through brought more truths and beliefs bubbling to the surface, and this process, though tough, tricky and challenging, was SO good! Filtering my world of false “I have tos” and filling it with Godly good “I CANs”!!! How freeing and rewarding and revealing of just what and where and WHO I was accepting and allowing to define my IDENTITY and SELF-WORTH. 

“Sounds” super-simple, but honestly??? It was NOT always (EVER????) easy. Nope, not at all, but oh-so necessary for SOUL-GROWTH to truly begin!

Now, someone recently passed along to me some content which brought another layer of clarity: the TRUTH of a scientific study built upon the “beliefs” of people in our society and just where they find their SELF-WORTH.

And as I read through it, I just knew it was so good, I HAD to share it with you. Because maybe you will be like me and begin to SEE what area you “BELIEVE” brings (or destroys) your WORTH in this world. Not always easy to look at. (Yup, at first for me, there were a few “pinches, pokes and ouches” to swallow and suffer.)

But trust me, this is such a COOL thing if you decide to keep committed and follow me through to the end this week. Oh yes, it will be beyond neat to SEE what areas GOD reveals to YOU that just may change your VIEW of why/who/what you “have to” do.

Are you ready to dig in? OK, let’s begin!

And we will start off by getting you to GUESS at just what might be YOUR area (areas?) that can oh-so-easily become the “spot and space” that bring a sense of SELF-WORTH to your world, and they are:

-Worth from Others Approval -Worth from Moral Character

-Worth from Physical Appearance -Worth from Outdoing Others in Competition

-Worth form Career, Volunteer or Academic Performance

-Worth from Family Love

OK! Peek and poke and PRAY. And then stop and “say” which one and why you think it may be yours. It will be beyond GREAT to hear from each other as we move through this together, because the GOAL of it all is to GROW from it all. And, ladies, I will be right alongside for this ride — totally showing and exposing my “oops and errors” all along the way. 🙂

So, are you ready for a ride into the real realms of just what drives you to DO some of the things you DO? Then be here tomorrow, as we discuss a bit more of the first two! Are you ready to join me? Cannot wait to hear what you think of DOING this week!…….Carol 🙂 

Change-Choice-TRUTH