So why has greatness become one of our biggest competitions?
Throughout my life I have been knocked down by one discouraging blow after another. I have allowed myself to listen to the voices around me that speak hurt and pain. And for the longest time I refused to admit that those words spoken to me have cut me deep. I wanted to believe that I was stronger than the lies. And I thought that by telling myself I was stronger, over and over again, I would eventually begin to feel that way too. But I didn't. The words kept cutting and I kept hurting. But then I realized something. I realized that a lot of the pain I was feeling was my own doing.
I put the blame on the person with the voice, when in reality the blame rested solely on my shoulders. See, I knew that the words spat at me were spoken in confusion and hurt. Yes, they were mean. But it was I who allowed them to resonate within me.
And I was (ever so bluntly) reminded of a part of me I had easily forgotten. My worth. I remembered that my worth is not something that can be defined by one hateful word after another; nor can it be defined by the praising ones. My worth can only be defined by me and what I choose to see.
I choose to see the truth.
I am the child of the King. I am the daughter of a Father who loves with undignified passion. A Father who created me in His image because He said I was WORTHY ENOUGH.
YOU are great because you were born great. Not because of your accomplishments or lack there of, but because you are who God created YOU to be.
How much stronger could our nation be if we stopped competing for greatness with those around us and started adding to it?
There's enough greatness to go around.
