Praying for Pastor Wendy! 🫶🏼

Insecurity is crippling to our walk with Christ! I have moments where I battle with insecurity due to comparison, but I am learning that accepting those beliefs are exalting the enemy’s lies about me over God’s truth. When I look at insecurity this way, I’m able to objectively stop the seeds from taking root because I see that it does a disservice to God! I care more about glorifying His name and His worth than worrying about my own.

The old me wanted to save everybody. I spent so much time holding space for people I believed would change, being a therapist, and honestly looking back on how many toxic leeches I had in my life- I was actually being people’s savior rather than pointing them towards THE SAVIOR!! The new me has healthy boundaries and a proper perspective on who I am in relation to God. I am a shepherd who leads people to Jesus. My job is not to save the world, it’s just to lead people one by one to the one who can.

Harboring unforgiveness takes up so much mental space, capacity, and energy. I know each time I have chosen to forgive someone who wronged me it was like a huge burden was lifted, literally freeing up space for more thoughts and feelings and experiences to flood my mind that had no space before. It’s crazy to realize how connected hearing from God is to cleaning up our mental mess!

The orphan spirit tendency I most easily get caught up in is comparison, and it seems to always happen on social media. I can be feeling great about my walk with God, and then within minutes of being on social media I see 10 people who are living out my same calling with excellence already and feel like there is no need for my gifts in this world. I feel like walking in my identity and growing in my gifts in this season will include less time on social media to guard my heart while I also work on allowing God to develop my gifts with confidence. I know the truth of what I’m called to, and I know His word says that “My gifts WILL make room for me”! -Proverbs 18:16