This post on God Created You was written by Jeffrey Chen. Jeffrey has a passion for sharing God’s love with those around him. He blogs at The Wayvy Life.
I am my toughest critic. I constantly put myself down for not working hard enough, for wasting too much time, for not saying the “right” thing, for not doing the “right” thing, for not being my best self. I focus more on my flaws than my strengths. I focus on my laziness, my procrastination, my poor communication skills, my messiness, and most importantly of all, my pimples that appear on my face randomly. The point is, I often hate myself more than I love myself.
I feel like I am not alone in this sentiment. While we certainly are aware when others criticize us, many of us are our own worst enemy. Because we know everything about ourselves, we know the worst parts of our being. Our less than ideal traits, habits, appearance, behaviors, etc. We could go on and on about what we don’t like about ourselves. What we wish we could change about ourselves.
While it is only when we are aware of our flaws that we can work on them and grow, I want to remind you of something we often forget in a pattern of unhealthy self-loathing: God created you. Yes, you. The God of this universe who created the beautifully wonderful world we live in including the mountains, the oceans, the sun, the moon, the stars, the sky, trees, animals (especially dogs), beaches, snow, and your loved ones. He also created YOU. And He created you in His image. While you are not God and you are not perfect, you are a resemblance of God. You reflect Him. You are His masterpiece. You are flawed, but wow are you beautiful.
Sit in that. How does it feel to know that God uniquely formed you in His hands? I know it makes me feel good. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel special. It makes me feel like I can do anything, despite my shortcomings. It gives me confidence and belief in myself, knowing God will work through me despite my limitations. I can’t do everything, but I can do something. God has given me amazing gifts and strengths, and He will use them in wondrous ways to glorify Him and serve others.
I hope you feel similarly. Because God created you. And just as you see God in nature or others as you look around you, others see God in you whether you know it or not. You are a work of art with value beyond words and understanding. God has smiled down on you since the day you were born and is even smiling looking at you right now, knowing that what he created is good. Very good. Hold on to that deep in your heart as you walk through life.
As always, please feel free to reach out to me for feedback, questions, or anything else. I’m happy to chat about anything and everything. I hope you could take away something helpful from this post. You can reach me at thewayvylife@gmail.com!
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Very thoughtful. In addition I believe other than our most perfect savior in God and Jesus there is the evil spirit who seeks our imperfections ,wants us to focus on them , feel negative and miserable as his way to break our bond with a God. Realize that when we are so focused on negativity about ourselves we are delighting the evil one or “devil”. In awareness of this we can rejoice in God once more keeping our strength and bond with him. If we turn to him in our faith he God is within us. In addition please turn to your bible.
Ilene – thanks for the feedback! Yes, it is important to be aware of the evil force at work against us, while also knowing our God is far more powerful than we can imagine. Through Him, we can overcome anything.