Hey! I’m Chelsea and I started this website as a way to get closer to God through devotional time. I thought, why not share it with others? If I have questions, it’s very possible that you have questions as well. Eventually, this website will have short storiesarticles as well as devotions. I would also like to implement prayer requests and a place to share answered prayers and testimonials I can feature.
I live in Texas with my mom and our two dogs Twiggy and Bella. I’m a woman who has been through the fire many times, and the only way I came out of it was the love of God.
Until things come together, please feel free to comment your need for prayer. You have the option of telling me “Please pray, God knows.” or if you want it to be specific, you’re more than welcome to share. Praying it all comes together soon!
Luke 12:6-7 NIV “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”
Have you ever looked in the mirror and wanted to be someone different? I know I sure have. And it doesn’t help when the enemy fuels this thinking by filling my head with lies from myself or through the comments of others. Why do we desire to be someone else? Why do we struggle with accepting who we are for what we are? I’ve come to see that it’s not just about our self-esteem, but our self-worth.
I’ve always thought self-worth and self-esteem were different names for the same thing. I was surprised to find that these are two very different concepts that are deeply interconnected. Our self-worth is an internal belief in our own value as a human being that’s not based on performance. For example, you lose your job, but you know that your value isn’t dependent on achievements or failures, it’s based on your personal qualities and values. Self-esteem is external and focuses more on abilities and performance. A good example of this is found in accepting compliments gracefully. Gosh, is anyone else getting a headache? In short, your self-worth is the foundation for a stable self-esteem.
In my own experience, my absent sense of self worth led to a really low self esteem. I wanted the world to love me. I worked hard to get meager grades, I tried to look the way society told me I should look, I chose the wrong relationships because I didn’t trust in God’s plan and I certainly didn’t see myself the way he does. All these things made my self esteem even worse because I wasn’t gaining what I desired. That desire was to love myself. The lie that I had to be better, be more, look different- that was all from the enemy. This led me to making bad choices thinking I would somehow get approval and love through sex, relationships, and even food.
The same can happen when someone has a heightened sense of self worth. I’m not talking about love for yourself. I’m talking about someone thinking they’re superior to everyone else. I’m talking about straight up pride and arrogance. This also comes from the enemy and it’s dangerous. Pride and arrogance create a blindness within ourselves and we end up judging those around us. In Matthew 7, Jesus talks about taking the plank out of our own eye before we can see to remove the speck in our neighbors eye. [Matthew 7:3-5]
So how do we change our thinking? Well, it starts when we open the Bible. There are so many verses about how God sees and values us. When we see ourselves through his lens, we get the chance to hang up our world view and see ourselves as deemed worthy by Christ. Remember the foundation I talked about? When our self-worth is rooted in Christ, you have this solid foundation that builds confidence, a secure identity, and freedom from the world’s ever-changing standards.
2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here!” So rejoice. You are made in the image of God, You are a new creation, and you have more value than the sparrows.
Never Ending Praise The Lord 
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