The Real You

Who are you? Who are you really?

  • I am who others say I am.
  • I am who others tell me to be.
  • I am what I think others want me to be.
  • I don’t want to stand out.
  • I want to fit in.
  • I want to be different.
  • I want to be accepted for who I am.

So, who are you?

  • I am strong.
  • I am weak.
  • I want to be liked.
  • I want to be needed
  • I want fulfillment.
  • I want to have purpose.
  • I just want to make a difference.

So, who are you?

  • You didn’t make you.
  • You didn’t choose your family.
  • You didn’t decide to be born-when or where.
  • It was not fate.
  • It was not a mistake.
  • You are not a misfit.
  • You are not a mistake.

If all this is true, then who am I?

  • You are one of God’s creation.
  • He made you in his image.
  • He went about doing good.
  • He left a pattern for us to follow.
  • He said He would make us new. Brand new!
  • He specializes in rebuilding.
  • God is the original restorer.

 

 

Not a Victim

I will not be a victim. I choose to step away from the path of disempowerment.

God has given me choice.

  • Choice what to think.
  • Choice whom to be around.
  • Choice to take back a mistake.
  • Choice to move away from bad situations.
  • Choice to make new and better friends.
  • Choice to ask myself hard questions.
  • Choice to do the hard but better thing.
  • Choice whose voices I’ll listen to.
  • Choice to think if what I’m hearing is really true.
  • Choice to choose what I think is best for me.

I take full responsibility for my life and the results of my choices.

  • I choose to read and learn and study and grow.
  • I choose to take better care of me.
  • I choose to start with one small step.
  • I choose to start today.
  • I choose not to be a victim.