#dealingwithshame

[theanonymousninja247]

✨Please Swipe + Read ALL the Way✨ Just got back from a F A N T A S T I C Woman’s Conference where understanding our value was heavily discussed. ✨ One speaker went into heavy depth over the struggles of shame that poison many people’s lives these days. Myself included. ✨ As I was sitting in the pew, this picture Lil’ ‘Lyn (AKA mini me) came to the forefront of my mind. I had drawn this back when I was 14, and it was something I NEVER had planned to share with anyone. ✨ Well… the Spirit wouldn’t stop poking me (you know how he be sometimes) and invited me to share it and the story with y’all. ✨ Shame is a feeling that resides in our gut, and is the shadow that haunts our mind, whispering the ugly lie of “Never Enough.” ✨ This is something I unfortunately have believed my entire life. I honestly believed that if I wasn’t consistently performing to the highest level of my abilities, constantly being outstandingly optimistic, producing items with noteworthy achievements, and being unfathomably empathetic and giving to everyone than I had absolutely no value at all. ✨ I felt like I had to earn love. From my family, from my friends, from God and yes, even myself. ✨ Fortunately, I’ve been able to realize that my shame was in fact lying to me. NOTHING it whispered to me ever had a particle of truth. ✨ The real truth is that I am enough. ✨ You are enough. ✨ Simply because you are a child of God. You don’t need to work for that love, don’t need to prove AnYtHiNg to anyone. ✨ You have value simply because you exist. Please don’t ever forget that. ✨ It gets better, I promise. It gets better because of Jesus Christ and His INFINITE love for you. ✨ Doctrine and Covenants 18:10 #vulnerability#vulnerabilityisstrength#childofgod#youmatter#enough#morethanenough#dealingwithshame#testimony#godisgood#doctrineandcovenants#theworthofsoulsisgreat#inspirationalquotes#christian#christianqoutes#churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints#itsokaynottobeokay#allinthistogether #yourenotalone https://www.instagram.com/p/CoTsAf_L8gZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#vulnerability #vulnerabilityisstrength #childofgod #youmatter #enough #morethanenough #dealingwithshame #testimony #godisgood #doctrineandcovenants #theworthofsoulsisgreat #inspirationalquotes #christian #christianqoutes #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #itsokaynottobeokay #allinthistogether #yourenotalone