Daughter of the King

For a long time I looked at the girl in the mirror with contempt. I was so angry at her for all of her mistakes. I’ve made so many poor decisions and errors in judgment. I’d done too many things wrong and made some enormous mistakes.

Some things I couldn’t even pretend were mistakes...I’d knowingly made bad choices and am living with the consequences to this day. 

Quite often, when I am in certain circles. I gloss over certain parts of my past, careful to omit things that I knew would raise eyebrows.  I couldn’t be a credible Christian if they knew, I told myself. 

It was is simply exhausting to live like that.

It took me several long years to come to terms with a simple reality: God loves me and forgave me the moment I asked. My past ~ as riddled with poor decisions and sin as it was ~ didn’t doesn’t define me. It’s simply the past. God tells us that we are no longer who we once were. The moment we ask for His forgiveness, He offers it.   Isn’t that a beautiful Truth?

How about you? Do you feel weighed down by your past? Do you feel like God can’t really use you because you’re too damaged? You’ve made too many bad decisions? You’ve sinned too much? You’re too far gone?

Let me remind you ~ You are not defined by your past... and just like me, you are a

That is how you are defined!

Take Care