07/19/2019
♡ I wanna write on the word FAVOR for a sec...
Just in the last couple years, I have learnt to receive incredible gifts + opportunities that have popped up in my life really well!
But believe it or not: it’s NOT been easy!! I’ve had a really blessed life ever since I was a child. I’d get brand new clothes from the mall quite often, new toys, try fun ethnic restaurants with my family after church on Sunday’s and would go on countless family vacations to Florida every couple years, just to name a few. As I grew older, I realized how blessed I really was and thanked God often. The more I did, the enemy started playing his little “shame game.” Ya know what happened? Guilt and shame seeped deep in me, most of the times without me even realizing it.
When my closest friends asked me what I got for my birthday, or when others asked how my trip was to Maui with my family or SoCal for vacation, or even mentioning how good and healthy of a mom and dad I have and the fact that they’re still married, I would feel like I didn’t deserve these gifts, so I would keep my response brief. I would feel so ashamed to show off a gift I got to my best friends!! Even with the amount of favor I got, I was bound in fear + shame from the enemy for mentioning what I wanted to do for fun with my junior high friends, so I never really voiced my opinion.
Proverbs 12:2 says, “If your heart is right, favor flows from the Lord…”
How do I handle this now? Well when people show true interest in knowing about your new car, your high paid job, your interaction with a celebrity, your fun ideas or your most recent item of clothing... respond with HUMBLE CONFIDENCE! I’m still not perfect at it, and I don’t think I’ll ever be. But what I do know is that God is pleased with our humble response in glorifying the gifts He’s given us! When our response is humble and honoring, our heart is right, and when our heart is right, God’s favor flows ABUNDANTLY!
Let me encourage you that you are WORTHY of what you’ve been given, and MORE! Don’t ever be afraid or ashamed to SHOW. IT. OFF. Humbly. 🥰
God bless you today! ♡
@ Redding, California
