God: What do you see?
Me: I see a hurting world?
God: Give to them.
Me: I have nothing to give.
God: Give to them.
Me: All I have to give is me.
God: Give them you.
Me: What if I am not enough?
God: What if you are?
Me: Ah.
God: Aha!
All my life, beloveds, something inside me has been yanking at me. SOMETHING, from deep inside, just won’t let me go.
Why?
Because of YOU. Each and every one of you.
Why?
Because too many of you have never FELT love. Not really. You don’t think highly of you.
Why?
Because you have been chasing:
Approval.
Recognition.
Validation.
Love.
Safety/security.
Worse, you don’t feel as if you measure up enough to have “earned” these things.
Ah, beloveds, know ye not that you are infinitely priceless?
I think it funny that God put these words, this desire, in ME. In a me that had been made to feel worthless, by so many, for so long.
Because, I was loud. Because, I didn’t have enough this, that or the other. Because, I didn’t have money. Because, I didn’t live in the right neighborhood. Because, I wasn’t the right color.
Because. Because. Because. The world will ALWAYS have a because, beloveds. Why? So, you can fall for the okie doke. So, you can fall for the lie that you have to earn your keep.
Hear me:
You ARE worthy. You ARE worth it. You ARE worthwhile! So am I.
The world was desperate to keep me from KNOWING this. It’s the ONLY way it can keep us all locked in prisons of worthlessness.
Without worth, we feel hopeless. Without hope, any can roll up on us and take everything. Ha!
To this day, hopeless tries to slide in my DMs. I tell it to kick rocks!
I am worthy.
I am worth it.
I am worthwhile.
I have been working on this piece for almost two years. It took six months to write the question. It took months for me to ask myself the question. It took forever to find the courage to hear my heart’s answer.
It took 50 years to learn I was much more than the words, the gifts, the skills God gave me. I am awesome just cuz.
As are you! God asked me two other questions. I shall tackle the second tomorrow. The third, okay you get my point.
In the meantime, beloveds, be encouraged. Lift up your head. You are precious to me. And, to Him.
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note:
In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
- COME SIT AT MY TABLE 🪑❤️🩹
- BELOVEDS, YOU CAN HAVE MY FLOWERS. I DON’T NEED THEM ANYMORE.
- Forgive them, Cassandra, God said to me
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Why Can't I Be Loud?! 