Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(Hebrews 12:2)
Sometimes.... words are like blades that creates a deep scar in our hearts... Where shall we turn to for healing?
What do you do when others laugh at what you do, make fun of you, call you names, or hate you? Do you immediately look inside to screen through yourself if these mockers are right? People call screening through yourself and finding out who you are "self awareness". Many people spend days or maybe some of them spend years to really find out who they are and where they belong. I will not say that having a sense of "self awareness" as being sinful, however when a person is so constantly chasing after it, it sets that person's heart on the wrong thing. As we read through the news each day, we can see many cases of adoloscenes committing suicide because of all the nasty words that had been spoken to them by their friends. A famous star Demi Lovato was sent to rehab for her eating disorder and cutting because her friends called her "fat".
In life, when things go wrong and when people cut you down, you don't need to find yourself but to find Jesus. Looking inward will only drag you deeper into dead end and causes you more pain, but if you look up to our creator, the source of faith and hope, you'll find freedom (Hebrews 12:2). God created each and everyone of us with our own set of strengths and weaknesses so that we can depend on His strength daily to gain success. A pastor once said, our God is a creative God, He will not reproduce any of His creations. Well, look around us, can you find any being on earth that looks exactly like you? Therefore, why not each and everyone of us embrace our differences and appreciate how God has created us to be.
Sadly in our society today has set a certain expectations on how we should look like and a certain standards to define beauty. These standards had crushed some of our hopes and some of us felt so messed up and let me tell you, the only place to revive those hopes are to turn to Jesus and to depend totally on Him. Start your day by learning His thoughts, study His word and run to His throne. Then you will be free from your failure and self-preoccupation, and you will be free to love and forgive others the way Jesus loved because God is Love and His Love will never fail.
