Self Confidence

Self Confidence

I wish I could bottle up my self confidence and hand it out to people. I would gladly trade it to anyone who could give me some bottled energy. I joke with my Bible study ladies that I am conceited and sometimes that is true and I need to work on it. But mainly I think that I have a conceited bone because I am awesome and I know I am awesome. Don’t get all scowly on me yet..more on that later.

Women care about how they look. Women care about their clothes. Women care about what others think about them. Women compare themselves with others. Women wish they could be like others, as skinny as others, as popular as others. Yes, women never graduated past middle school in many areas. So that all being said, I think I must be a man because I really don’t care what you think about me. And I think that I am beautiful without make up on. And I know I am overweight but I don’t wish I could be like X because if I wanted to be like X then I would diet and exercise more. And it would be nice to be thinner but I don’t want to be thinner because I care about what you think of me. But although I am not as thin as I should or could be, I still think I am beautiful. Not to say that you are going to find me sporting a bikini anytime soon because I am so rocking hot… Cause I am not rocking hot. I am not gorgeous. Am I putting myself down right now? No. Society has standards of what features make up beautiful. I have never really understood it. Why is that bone structure more pleasing to the eye than another? I don’t know but that’s the way it is.

So I’m not rocking hot. I am not gorgeous. I am overweight. So why I am self confident again? Because none of those things matter. Because society doesn’t matter. Because what you think about me doesn’t matter. And chances are..you aren’t actually thinking about me now are you? You have friends that are less beautiful than you..we all do. You don’t care how they look so why would people more beautiful than you care about you….they don’t. So I know all these things so I am not going to go out of my way to impress you. I also don’t want to look like a hobo so I find a nice balance in between.

So about me being awesome. Want to know the absolute coolest thing about me? I am a child of THE King. Okay seriously, does it get cooler than that? I am not perfect. The awesome part comes through Christ in me. Without Him, I am nothing. But with Him, well with Him, I am His precious child who He loves and adores. We thank God and praise Him for so much of creation. We say how can you look at the (insert beautiful ocean/canyon/mountain here) and say how can you not believe in God? How can you not look at yourself and not believe in God? We are the most awesome things that God created. He created us in His Image! So in a humble adoration to God, take some time to praise Him and thank Him and worship Him in awe of his creation including yourself! And spend some time worrying less about what others think of you and more about what God thinks of you and your self confidence will soar.