Mirror Mirror on the Wall...

I have been a little lazy getting posts out recently so for those that actually take time to read my posts I am sorry for that. Now that I have apologized I will tell you what's on my mind. I have always been a bigger kid. Even when I was a little tyke I was chubby and most of the time my clothes didn't really fit me well. Needless to say the clothes still don't fit me that well but I view myself how God views me. A child of His! But this wasn't always the case. Just like many young people today I struggled with "self-esteem" issues. I would get picked on in school and come home feeling worthless because I felt others viewed me that way. When I tried to boost my self confidence it would always come through sports. I wanted to be the best in whatever sport I was playing because that gave me worth. Even if it were for fun I would play with extreme competitiveness in order to win and that was supposed to make me feel better about myself. Well, that didn't work! I realized that I was never going to be the best at sports and that realization dragged me down again. For me, sports gave me a false sense of worth. That is the problem with "self-esteem" when we rely on ourselves to give us worth we see we are worthless. When we look into ourselves we see a person who is dirty, dark and disgusting. My endeavor to gain "self-esteem" just made me dirtier, darker and more disgusting! I knew I needed change and I looked for it. Wanna know what I found? I discovered that "self-esteem" is a counterfeit for God-esteem. It sounds like a bad cliche but it is true! The only way one has worth is with the Lord. So, if you are struggling with how you view yourself just ask yourself this question...How does God view me? That answer is really the only answer that matters!