Self-Esteem

 

Self-Esteem

Have you ever warned a person about something, and they didn’t listen to you only to have that warning become fact later on in life? It hurts when you see this happen, but we must always speak the truth to our families, our friends even when they don’t appear to be listening. God makes it clear that He is well acquainted with every individual from the time each person is conceived and that He has a plan for each one. God knew Jeremiah before he had been formed in his mother’s womb, and He planned for him to be a prophet. God has each person’s life in His hands. He created each of us for a purpose. Each of us should stand tall with high esteem by understanding who we are in Christ.

Self-esteem generally describes feelings of self-hate, rejection and an inability to accept oneself as special and unique. When people grow up believing that they are unattractive or incompetent, their self-esteem will be shaped accordingly. Paul, in Romans 12:3 tells us to “think soberly” about ourselves. This means to be honest about who you are as a person and how God sees you. God usually places more value on us than we do. Many people either distort their self-image in a negative way or in an exaggerated positive way. We are either down on ourselves, not liking who we are, or we think we are better than others and have become conceited. One way to heal our self-esteem is to first be honest, be willing to admit our strengths and weaknesses. Secondly, stop degrading ourselves. Get rid of the negative. To be positive is to affirm the gifts that God has given and to praise God for who He made us to be. We are neither worse nor better than another person. We each have good and bad points, and we ask for God’s help in working out the bad points. We must value our self as God values us and we must value others as God values them. When people conquer their self-rejection, they open the door to be more acceptable of both them and others.

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