Acceptance.

I'm starting to accept the way I am. My whole life I've been taught by the world around me that something can always be improved. It tells me that I'm not good enough. Whenever I was having these insecure moments where I would think badly about myself, I would tell myself, "You are (insert quality that I want)" Or something along those lines....but in reality, I'm not all those things that I want to be...but that's totally okay! Contrary to the world's standards, I don't NEED to be talented. I don't NEED to be smart. I don't NEED to be athletic. I don't NEED to have a boyfriend. And I certainly don't NEED to be pretty. I don't NEED to be worth anything in other people's eyes. I just need to fulfill the role God has for my life. I'm worth something to HIM and that's all that truly matters. I tend to forget that this world is just a waiting room. We're here so briefly, yet we put so much importance on earthly things like beauty and money. I mean yeah, those things do hold some importance, but not nearly as much as doing the will of God. This life is not my own; it was purchased by Jesus Christ on the cross when he died for my sins. What gives me the right to worry about myself and what I can gain on earth when it doesn't even belong to me anyways?

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moths and vermin destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where moths and vermin do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." -Matthew 6:19-21