So Long Insecurity.

Insecure. Now there's a word that people try to avoid when describing themselves. We all like to pretend that we're secure in ourselves and that we've got it all together, but the truth is that we're not even close to secure in ourselves. We're far from it! I'm reading a book called So Long Insecurity, You've Been a Bad Friend to Us by Beth Moore. (you can read a quick excerpt here near the middle of the page) This book is SO GOOD! I've never really seen myself as super insecure. I mean granted, I've never thought I was particularly beautiful and sometimes I get self-conscious, but I'm not the "super-clingy-emotional-wreck-that-insists-a-guy-can-complete-her" type. I have insecurities, but I definitely know girls with way more than me. So why read a book on it? Well to be honest I would have never in a million years picked up this book. I got it though, because I started reading it in a Bible study with girls my age at church. The teacher, Debbie Griffith, (who taught me SO much during her time as my Sunday School leader) thought that this book would be useful...and boy was she right. I didn't finish this book with my Sunday School class, but I did decide a few weeks ago that I'd read it again. I'm so glad that I did! This book has made me realize that insecurity can present itself in a number of ways that I didn't even know existed.

"Insecurity isn't just being sensitive to things, it's a profound sense of self-doubt. A deep feeling of uncertainty about our basic worth and place in the world. Insecurity is associated with chronic self-consciousness, along with a chronic lack of confidence in ourselves and anxiety about our relationships. An insecure man or woman lives in constant fear of rejection and a deep uncertainty about whether his or her own feelings and desires are legitimate." -Beth Moore

Now you may read that and think "Okay well that doesn't fully apply to me" but I can guarantee that it does. If it applies to you in the least bit, then you struggle with insecurity. I promise you that everyone on this earth has struggled with insecurity at one point in their lives. You don't have to posses every description or element of insecurity to qualify as insecure and in need of healing.
I really wish that I could go deeper into what this book says, but I can't do that without writing a 100 page blog entry. Honestly, this book is so great, and I HIGHLY recommend it. It has seriously changed my life. So go buy it! Or borrow it from someone you know! No matter how you get it, I promise that you won't regret reading it from cover to cover!