The Hardest Battle To Win

I’ve been told I’m ugly.

I’ve been told I’m fat.

I’ve been told my hair is too frizzy.

I’ve been told my teeth aren’t white enough.

I’ve been told my face is too round.

I’ve been told my cheeks are too chubby.

I’ve been told my skin has weird discoloration.

I’ve been told I have love handles.

I’ve been told my thighs are too thick.

I’ve been told my hands are too dry.

I’ve been told my eyes are too dark.

I’ve been told I’m not smart enough.

I’ve been told I’ll never make it.

I’ve been told I’ll never be as successful as I dream to be.

I’ve been told I’ll never be able to sing or perform the way my favorite artists can.

I’ve been told I can’t do that hard exercise I thought I was capable of doing.

I’ve been told I’ll never be skinny enough.

I’ve been told that my fear does define me.

I’ve been told I can’t eat that candy bar, because I’ll gain weight.

I’ve been told I’ll never be pretty enough.

I’ve been told I’ll never be enough.

I’ve been told every single one of these things by one person, and one person only. And that person is myself.

Me.

I tell myself most, if not all of these things every single day. Day in and day out I beat myself down to below the ground.

And I realized this recently, my friends. Something made me hear this voice. And I couldn’t tell you how I heard it, because I have never once spoken any of these things to anyone, nor would I ever.

Only myself.

My dear friends, we are all fighting a battle. A constant battle that has no ending. Where our enemy lives inside of our heads, feeding us false thoughts day in and day out, and it. is. exhausting.

And I am here to tell you that those words you hear are not true. Your success is NOT measured in comparisons or numbers. Your beauty is not defined by how much makeup is on your face or if your eyebrows are perfectly shaped today.

Every BODY is beautiful no matter what that number says on the scale or what that size says on the tag.

My friends, we need to fight HARD to win this battle that we are constantly fighting. And if we constantly work towards fighting and winning, we WILL win. Because Jesus is on our side, and He wants us to ignore those ugly voices we hear. He wants us to take His hand and walk in this life following His word. And that begins with us choosing to love everything that we are – the beautiful human beings that He created.

And I am here to tell you that this evening that YOU are so beautiful, my friend.

xoxo