We are more POWERFUL than we Admit

Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; it is in everyone. And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

If I didn’t already love Nelson Mandela I do now! I’ve always said the 1st line of this passage, but never understood where it came from . I always wondered how in life we can and will be so scared for our future and the greatness that will come from it. It’s sad that so often, we stop at various points of our lives, because we are really scared of the success and the stress that comes with it.

I don’t think I’ve ever been afraid of success, but I’m scared myself. I’m scared that I will get so caught up in life, that I won’t take the time to really enjoy everything and everyone around me. That I will have focused so much energy on being successful that the real purpose in my life from God will have passed me by. I KNOW that God is working with me on that, because he has taken away EVERY form of success I once thought was important.

He took away the car, the job, the “love” just so I could grow closer in him. I had an already awesome relationship with God but this period of “social insanity” has led me to put all my trust in God. Don’t think I don’t have faith and trust issues still with my future. Today is actually a day when I’m learning not to have so many problems with myself. We are our own biggest critics, and because I have been so happy inside, and out, I think the Devil has been trying to work a MAJOR number on me.

He has been t rying my faith, trying my future relationships, trying everything that is starting to change for the future and my true happiness. But he’s already defeated. I prayed and cried it out and I know it is DONE.

I’ve learned that just because you have doubts, does not mean that your love of God has decreased, it just means that you are human.  I’m human, I g et hurt, confused, distracted, frustrated and down right angry. But I am a child of God so I know that everything happens according to his will!