Inadequate.

(If this blog sounds angry, maybe it's because I AM a little angry. Read on.)

She feels inadequate. Not good enough to overcome the obstacles of her daily routine. Much less the really big events. She's not thin enough, pretty enough, influential enough, energetic enough. She's just plain not 'enough'. It pervades her every thought as she mosies on throughout her day, never reaching her full potential.

She's a wife. She's a daughter. She's a friend. Mother. Teacher. You have known her. You might BE her.

I have encountered several of her in conversation this week. I have seen her reflection in my own mirror.

Child of God. Created in His own image. How can you look into the face of the one He molded and call her 'Inadequate?'

God, Himself, saw what He made and called it good. (Genesis 1:31)

You have been caught believing a lie. These lies come at us in the least menacing of ways, at first. After time, though, they rip into the very core of who we are.

Not good enough? That's what the devil would love for you to believe. It keeps us all from accessing and attaining our God-given talents and purpose.

In our frailties and short-comings, His greatness is made known.
Do you get it? Even our mistakes testify to the love of He who made us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ DIED for us. (Romans 5:8)

So rise up, 'Beautiful one!' Stop looking into the face of that one God created and calling her 'not good enough...'

Your beauty is not of this world, nor is it for this world.
Stop believing the lie that has hindered you.
You are not inadequate. You are anything but inadequate.
You are a daughter of God, called to something greater than what is already in you.
Believe it. Know it. Live it.
There you will find significance.