The loss causes me to reflect on a beautiful song by Lauren Daigle called, “You Say.” The songs states,
“I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough.
Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
Am I more than just a song of every high and every low
Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And you say I am held when I am falling short
And when I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours
And I believe (I)
Oh I believe (I)
What You say of me (I)
I believe
I don’t know about you but sometimes I can allow what I am FEELING to replace the TRUTH of what God says about who I am to Him and in Him. Because I feel unworthy or unlovable or unacceptable in a situation, I believe the lie that I am an unworthy, unlovable or unacceptable person. God says, that is a big lie. Because my identity (who I am) is in Christ my feelings will never determine my position. Feelings are only indicators not truth. I might feel unworthy because I missed a deadline. However, regardless of my performance, I’m complete in Christ and there is nothing I have to do, earn, perform for, be, etc. to be good enough to be righteous or worthy enough in who I am.
The choice is not what I feel but what I choose to believe about the Truth.
I have a saying, “Feel what you feel, then hold onto the Truth.” Next time you are going through something and you are feeling shame, less than, unacceptable, unlovable, or unworthy allow yourself to take a moment to feel what you feel. Then, as someone who has accepted Christ as Savior, hold onto the promises of His Word regardless of feeling knowing that He cannot lie.
Hang in there,
Charlotte
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