Acceptance

Every day I pray over Amelia. I pray for her well being, her safety, and I pray for her future. I pray for who I want her to be. The qualities I desire for her. For the relationship I want her to have with her Savior. Perhaps the quality I pray for most is that she would find her acceptance in the Lord and not from this world. That she would find her identity in Christ. That she would live for Him and not for people. And yet I find myself struggling with this very thing.

Daily I find myself worrying what other people think. And today especially I find myself asking God to forgive me for seeking acceptance from others over the acceptance that is freely given from my Father in Heaven. I am a daughter of the Almighty King. I am wanted and needed and loved. I was made by Him and for Him and nothing will fulfill my heart like He can. And the best part? I don't have to earn it! Nothing I can do could possibly be good enough to deserve His love and grace but He loves me anyway. And it is fulfilling and overwhelming and beautiful. 

Thank you, Lord, for making me perfectly in your image. For loving me even when I don't deserve it. Thank you that I can find my true identity in you. Because nothing this world offers will ever compare!