I surprised myself today. I started a contract employment job today. Instead of things going perfectly, there were lots of missteps and unexpected hiccups that I couldn’t have known were going to arise. When I was younger or even ten years ago, I would have been very stressed about the situation, but instead, today I found myself looking at the positive and wanting to find out how I could possibly improve and work on my performance.
I feel like I have changed as a person because of God. I am learning that my self-worth doesn’t rely on what I do, what I accomplish, or even the type of person develop into. Instead, my self-worth depends on my faith in God. As long as I believe in His Grace, then I can be confident in myself. I know that God created me to be exactly what He wanted me to be. As long as I try, then I will always be His creation.
With that confidence, I can face anything because I know that even if I fail, I still have options. Even if I fail, it isn’t the end of the world. I hope that I can continue to learn and grow in the confidence in God. I hope that I can continue learn to be someone who doesn’t let problems get me down and instead I can continue to face all life by embrace it the way that God intended me to with love and gratitude.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
