Dear friend,

 

You are too loved for that.

 

I hear you wondering why you weren’t good enough.

 

I hear you saying you deserve the wrong things that happened to you.

I hear you defending the people who used you.

I hear you questioning your abilities after they have been questioned by others.

I hear you pleading for the attention of someone who doesn’t value you.

 

I hear you.

And I understand you because I have been there, too.

 

But take a glimpse of yourself through my eyes.

 

Can you see it now? Can you see the strong, capable, beautiful, worthwhile person I see?

A person who deserves all the good that the world has to offer.

A person who I admire.

 

And if you’re not able to see yourself through my eyes, maybe instead remind yourself of how God sees you.

 

Made in His image.

Genesis 1:27

 

Fearfully and wonderfully made.

Psalms 139:14

 

A chosen people, God’s special possession.

1 Peter 2:9

 

Child of God.

John 1:12

 

You are valued.

You have worth.

 

Don’t let the people around you tell you any different.

Don’t let yourself tell you any different.

 

You are too loved for that.