how to be good enoughYou don’t have to do more, more, more to be good enough.

You already are good enough. You already are amazing.

God says so. He made you, so wouldn’t he know?

Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. Eccles. 3:11, New Living Translation

You may not feel that you are good enough, that you are amazing. That’s okay.

The kids catapult peas over in kitchen table. Your husband plops in front of the TV and channel surfs. The dishes are stacked high in the sink. The laundry pile is nearly as tall as Mount Everest. Or perhaps there are no kids or husband or dishes? You just feel alone.

Don’t we all, at times, feel like a Not-Good-Enough gal?

Beautiful Belonging

You were made for so much more than what you can see and hear and touch. God himself planted eternity in your heart. Heaven is your home, sweet sister.

Heaven isn’t something you do. Do you remember when people said, “Let’s do lunch?”

You don’t do heaven. It’s the place you belong.

You belong to heaven because the God of heaven made you for it.

Do you feel that ache? That ache for something more?

This restlessness is not:

a need for new cute shoes.

a different job.

a skinny martini.

a yoga class.

This restlessness is God inviting your heart to come home to his.

Don’t Settle

Isn’t it easy to settle for “okay” when you long to be Good Enough?

When you settle, you become apathetic. Apathy is the worst thing. It’s neither love nor hate. It’s just blah.

Don’t you despise blah? Me too. And Mother Teresa and Coretta Scott King and a host of other Christian women who didn’t want to do the church-y thing but go out and get their hands dirty. . .

and jump in puddles,

run through sprinklers, and climb trees.

In a phrase, make a difference.

Delight in the Now

To be Good Enough is simple and hard.

It’s simple to get that God says you’re Good Enough because you belong to him. It’s hard to believe it because it sounds too good to be true.

Then distractions intrude. Some distractions are the stuff of life like paying bills and grocery shopping and keeping your dental check up. Other distractions are the condemning thoughts that hiss,

“You are NOT good enough. You never were and never will be. So give up.”

Don’t listen to these hellish lies. Instead:

1. Dare to live the truth you are Good Enough — more than Good Enough — right here, right now. Embrace this moment.

2. Resist looking back to what you wish you’d done.

3. Stop jumping ahead to tomorrow, hoping to do better next time.

Be who you are now.

God promises that he has a plan for you. When you look back or jump ahead, you may miss out on the peace and contentment of now. Did you know you really only have now? God loves you in your messiness and your imperfections.

He loves you and he makes you Good Enough.

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