The Truth Will Set You Free

Yesterday, a friend of mine commented on the 'ease' in which I have jumped into community here in Virginia Beach. She claims it is my outgoing personality.

Pssshhhh!!!!

I was just about speechless when she said that because I do not consider myself an outgoing person. I was the wall flower, too self-conscious to talk to anyone. In high school, people thought I was stuck up because I did not speak, but would walk with my head held high. I was merely pretending to be bazillions times more confident than the reality hidden behind the straight face.

I have felt forgotten. Unnoticed. Overlooked. Unappreciated. Never enough.

A myriad of circumstances and situations contributed to my very low self-esteem. But God had a different ending to that story. Those hurts do not define me. Healing has brought great freedom.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3

And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32

Yesterday, when my friend commented on my outgoing personality and I pondered her statement as I drove home from church, I heard a whisper from the Lord...

"I have healed and I continue to heal."

Amen!!!!!!!! If that is not beautiful, I just do not know what is!

If you are the brokenhearted, press in and press on. Psalm 55:22 tells us to give our burdens to God. You can be real with God. He is a real God and made you with real emotions, real questions, real expectations. You can tell him how much your situation sucks. You can tell him you cannot carry the load anymore. He's got you. And, slowly, day by day, as you release control and learn to trust the Maker of the Universe, your hurts begin to heal. And one day, the forgotten, unnoticed, overlooked, unappreciated, never-enough girl has grown into an outgoing, accepting, brave woman. Only by His healing.

Live wholly, love fully, rejoice daily.
KC