I Am

12.4.22

I have determined through life experiences, that my worth, my security, my confidence, my ability, my value, my identity, my potential, is not housed within another here. Waiting for someone to unlock key features in myself is not my future.

All that I was, have grown to be, and the potential to uncover is deeply rooted in a relationship with another, but He made me. He already knows what was, what is, and what will be because He willed it so.

I have lost small pieces of myself along the way. Some pruned, some refined by fire, some vanished, some precision cut and others ripped away leaving unseen scars. Scars that took time, grace, discipline, and vulnerability to acknowledge. Some scars deeper than others, tethered to my heart. Some have healed, others may never on this side of heaven, some may be created again.

I have determined, that any previous hurt will not establish a barrier impossible to overcome. A hill for someone else to climb to meet a fortress wall to break through. My hurt is mine, not created by you, but safe to share.

I have determined that I will not place myself in a position of having to convince someone I’m worth it. Whatever “it” is. I am me. I am His. I am enough.