He Doesn't Make Mistakes

“Do not let “it” control you.”  Oh, the infamous “it”; it literally can pertain to or describe anything.  “It” could be fear, “it” could be lonliness, “it” could be a lack of confidence, “it” could be a sandwich ... who knows?  Whatever “it” is for you, the focus is to not let “it” control you.

A friend of mine shot me a text a while back asking if she could express a thought she had so she could get my take on her revalation.  She said, “You know how people say being brave doesn’t mean you’re not afraid?  It means you choose to act [brave] becasue something else is more important.  I feel like confidence is that way.  It doesn’t mean you don’t have self doubts, it means you choose to move past them because you see the value in yourself and that’s more important than your doubts.”  ... talk about a deep thought while I was on my way to work that morning.  (Don’t worry, I read the text at home and drove to work. DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE).   Anyways, the closer I got to work and the more I thought about what she said, the more I realized God was poking me. 

“... value in yourself... that’s more important than your doubts.”

Confidence is a fickle beast, it flys in during our high moments but is quick to flee at the first sign of conflict.  Sometimes our confidence, or lack there of, is derived from our experiances in life; what people have told us in the past or what we’vd told ourselves.  Confidence is a mindset that demands balance and a lot of maintence.  Confidence can also be quite transparent, thus making it quite difficult to find.  I know that when I was on my journey of discovering my own confidence, there were a lot of times that had me talking to myself; I personally think better outloud. 

Many times I would just repeat, “I am worthy, I am worthy, I am worthy...” until one day I was able to convinced myself.  But however many times I told myself that I’m worthy, that I’m valuable, I also need to remember that my value is from the Lord.  I am His creation, his masterpiece.  Just as Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was his masterpiece and his “pride and joy”, we need to remember that this is how God sees us.

If nothing else, we need to remember to raise the value of ourselves not becasue we want to feel better about ourselves, which is also good, but becasue of who we are and what we are called to do.  Confidence doesn’t mean you will be doubtless and always feel 100% secure in who you are as a person, but instead means that you have the strength enough to stand up for what you know is right.  Having confidence means that you finally beleive that you are no longer just the “flaws” you’ve been telling yourself that you have, but instead are so much more!  Confidence means you know that you don’t deserve to be mistreated, but instead deserve to be loved and respected.  Though you may have flaws, no one is perfect and that’s ok!  We all know that there is only one being who is perfect and, WOW, we get to call him our Father!

So don’t keep doubting yourself but instead remind yourself that you are a masterpiece, not a mistake ... becasue you know who created you and I don’t know about you, but I know

He doesn’t make mistakes.