life, love, and moments

  You ARE Chosen.   Let those three words sink in for a minute…. What does that statement mean to you?? How do you identify, understand, and accept what it means to be chosen? For a very long time I did not know what it meant or how it felt to be chosen – what I did know was rejection. Rejection of self for one reason or maybe a million reasons, feeling rejected may have even felt safer for me somehow…. can you relate?   The truth is that I spent many years of my life running from myself, masking myself and rejecting myself in so many ways.  Without knowing what God says about me, I was easily convinced and allowed myself to believe that there was something wrong with me that I couldn’t even see, that I was not worthy of love, that I was not enough, and that I didn't really belong. To cope with overwhelming feelings and rejection of self, I learned how to be a “fixer”, how to handle everything, as well be strong and so very independent. I worked to earn love and I reinforced with m