mean girls

Remember the movie “mean girls” with Lindsay Lohan?

Here’s what imdb.com says, “Raised in African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 16-year-old enters public high school for the first time and encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today. Cady has just returned to the United States with her parents after growing up in Africa. As a teenager, who has been home schooled her whole life. Her first day in class as the new girl will be her first encounter with the public school system. As the new girl, where will she fit in? Cady first makes friends with two geeks. Then she makes friends with the most popular and beautiful girls in the school, known as `The Plastics'. Cady wants to fit in and now she has friends from two different worlds. To keep them as friends she must do things she has never done before, such as being deceitful, scheming, and finally untrustworthy. She discovers who her real friends are in the end.”

We’ve all dealt with mean girls and right now there's a girl in my life who just won't cut me slack. 

I try hard and she says, "not good enough."

I put on my cutest outfit and she whispers, "nice, but not as good as hers."

I mess up and take a tumble in life and she smirks, "i knew you couldn't do it."

Who is this girl? i know you'd like to email her and tell her to stop being so mean to me, right?

I'd like to do the same for any mean girls in your life.

So here's the secret identity of mine...get your emails ready.

It's me.

Yep, i’m my own worst critic.

Maybe you too?

People say, "give yourself grace." yep, sounds good. I've even tried it. it just doesn't work. i think that's because we're never meant to give ourselves grace. it's not about just saying, "that's okay. it doesn't matter."

It's not about giving ourselves grace. instead it's about receiving grace from God. that sounds more like, "yes, i messed up. but I'm forgiven. And this is about what i did - it's not who i am. i am still a loved, chosen, cherished daughter of the King. I'm going to get back up and stand tall for Him again."

Only grace can change the voice within us that pushes us toward burnout. only grace can reach out and embrace us so that we come back to where we belong again. only grace tells us the truth about who we are.

Whew.

It's time to quiet ourselves and instead listen to truth again.

shhh...what do you hear?

Blessings