Be Yourself

Wednesday's Word


Ran across this tweet yesterday:


RT @MatthewBarnett: Never let a few people that don't get you, shape you, into their limited knowledge of what you can become. // YES!!

Matthew Barnett is the Pastor of the L.A. Dream Center and author of the New York Times Bestselling Book "The Cause Within You".


It got me thinking...

WHEN PEOPLE'S OPINIONS MATTER TOO MUCH!

We can fall somewhere between

• having no self identity. 
• Shape shifting into those in our near vicinity (like a chameleon). 
• Smiling & nodding only to later stew...

• THEN OTHER TIMES we carefully remove all  jewelery, our glasses and purse and roll up the sleeves to allow the inner SHANIQUA's release like the KRAKEN. The poor souls had no idea this would be the last day they took a breath! (I tend to fall into this category =()

Hopefully we fall somewhere in the middle.

In any case, as I pondered this tweet I came to this conclustion.

How can we best witness the TRUTH in our lives if we don't even know the truth.

Seriously could write a book on this.

Not everyone has the proper judgment in determining when we are right, wrong or indifferent. There is truely only One!

It's next-to-impossible to be yourself when you're caught up in constantly wondering "Do they think I'm funny? Does she think I'm fat? Do they think I'm stupid? Am I good/clever/popular enough to be a part of 'whomever'?"
To be yourself, you've got to let go of these concerns and just let your behavior flow, with only your consideration of others as a filter — not their consideration of you.

Matthew followed up with another tweet on the subject:

RT @MatthewBarnett If you are ruled by people's opinion then you refuse to let God have dominion.

Amen and Amen!



I wonder if this is what we look like to God as we labor to be someone we are not?

Oscar Wilde once said with his usual wit: Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

YOUR BODY IS A WONDERLAND

If Psalm 45:11 "The King is enthralled with your beauty" is true then why do the following statistics prove true?

80% of American women claim to be dissatisfied with their appearance and shape
An estimated 1 in 100 American women binge and purge to lose weight

95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25

20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems.
Statistical source: South Carolina Department of Health

Why are we not aware of our value when our King is so clearly ENTHRALLED with us. I am committed to carrying the flame of Christ's passion for His daughters and to make a shout out for our true beauty and to proclaim our value as His warrior bride!
GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU IS EXTRAVAGANT.
HIS LOVE WILL HEAL YOU.
HIS LOVE WILL INSPIRE YOU!

Below is a poem from long ago that I have saved for such a day as this!

Bridegroom and His Princess

From the moment I first saw you,
I could tell that you were prized,
And even though you could not see it,
You are a princess in His eyes.
By the hands of the Father, the King of all eternity,
You were carefully created~to be~ can't you see?
Jesus has waited all of your life;
He has waited long for you to realize…
~You are a princess in His ballroom~
You are dancing, you are smiling and laughing~
Carried on the arm of the love of your life!
Oh, how He loves you and adores you~
And His joy in you is written all over His Face.
He is your Bridegroom…forever.
Christa Shore