What do the words value, evaluate, valor, validate and valedictorian all have in common?

Yup, you guessed it. The Latin prefix “val-” means strength, worth, or health. No wonder people spend their lives chasing validation and proving their value.

Whether we deserve it or not, we all really want the same thing: to be loved, approved of, respected, seen… And whether we deserve it or not, Jesus thought we were worth His life, so He is certainly worth ours.

In this episode, instead of asking the question, “Am I worthy?” we’re going to embrace saying, “I Am is enough.”

Music: “Safe” by Naomi Raine

When insecurity builds the framework for your primary way of thinking, you are constantly in survival mode without even realizing it. You look for rejection that hasn’t even happened yet. You assume that people will assume the worst about you before they even meet you or get to know you.

You jump to the conclusion that it is necessary for you to perform in order to earn approval, accolades, acceptance, affirmation, and admiration, all in a desperate yet vain attempt to fill a hole in your heart that should only be occupied by true love. You shift all your efforts toward pleasing people, even if it means sacrificing purpose.

You weren’t designed to sustain like this. Truth is, rejection hurts, but sometimes, it’s for your own good.

Music: “Safe” by Naomi Raine

They say, “It’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. Love is a beautiful exchange and it doesn’t leave just because a person does.” Grief is proof of that love.
Grief allows you to process the pain and find the peace of God that surpasses your emotions in situations you could never understand. Jesus is the Prince of Peace, the Holy Spirit is the best comforter and God who IS love promises to never leave or forsake you, even when people leave this earth. I’m living proof His joy can sustain you even in the toughest of times.
I know the loss was bad, but I’m here to tell you the grief is good.

Music: “Safe” by Naomi Raine