{"id":155,"date":"2009-07-17T09:13:50","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T14:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newlifedesign.wordpress.com\/?p=155"},"modified":"2009-07-17T09:13:50","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T14:13:50","slug":"proving-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/17\/proving-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Proving Myself"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many years, I have believed the lie that\u00a0\u00a0in order to be accepted, I must prove my value\/worth to others by my performance\/achievements\/success<\/em> .\u00a0 Entangled with this lie was another lie, that other people must accept me in order for me to accept myself<\/em>.\u00a0 God spoke\u00a0the truth to me recently in a very special way:\u00a0 I don’t have to prove my worth because God has already created me valuable.\u00a0 He is the judge, not other people.\u00a0 Therefore, if God accepts me (which He does with open arms), then I can accept myself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning, God gave me an opportunity to practice this newly revealed truth.\u00a0 I got up late, had barely enough time to shower & dress, grabbed a frozen dinner for lunch, and ran out the door without any breakfast.\u00a0 The road I normally take to work is closed this week for construction, but I forgot that, and out of habit headed that way.\u00a0 When I realized what I’d done, I had to take a roundabout way to work.\u00a0 I just knew I would be late, and I was stressed.\u00a0 Then I remembered what God said, “You don’t have to prove anything.”\u00a0 I didn’t have to prove that I was good by being on time to work.\u00a0 I began to relax and slow down.\u00a0 The pressure was gone.\u00a0 I was believing God.\u00a0 I arrived at work with 2 minutes to spare and\u00a0a whole lot less stress.\u00a0 Thank you, Jesus!!!!<\/p>\n

“I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;”<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0~Psalm 139:14<\/p>\n

“to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. “<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~Ephesians 1:6<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For many years, I have believed the lie that\u00a0\u00a0in order to be accepted, I must prove my value\/worth to others by my performance\/achievements\/success .\u00a0 Entangled with this lie was another lie, that other people must accept me in order for me to accept myself.\u00a0 God spoke\u00a0the truth to me recently in a very special way:\u00a0 I don’t have to prove my worth because God has already created me valuable.\u00a0 He is the judge, not other people.\u00a0 Therefore, if God accepts me (which He does with open arms), then I can accept myself. This morning, God gave me an opportunity to practice this newly revealed truth.\u00a0 I got up late, had barely enough time to shower & dress, grabbed a frozen dinner for lunch, and ran out the door without any breakfast.\u00a0 The road I normally take to work is closed this week for construction, but I forgot that, and out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}