Offering Oneself
This Post is going to be short and sweet, but it was really on my heart to share. I'm going to start out with a question: What does it look like for you to offer yourself to others? .... Just meditate on that for a moment. For me the very thought of offering myself makes me nervous. It's scary. To offer myself, that means I have to give myself to others... be vulnerable, authentic, and true to my very being. With that I could face rejection. And what's worse than being rejected by others for simply being you. It impacts our hearts... it makes us reject who we are, but even more reject God. To reject oneself is to reject God, because he created us. We are basically saying to God, "You messed up. You did not create me right." This past week, I was listening to a Podcast by Candace Johnson from Bethel Redding, where she talked about Redefining Success. And in there, she says to be successful looks like showing up. For me that was so powerful! So often I d...