Usually I am a very bubbly and confident person but lately I've been struggling with confidence. My insecurities are outweighing my motivation and strengths and this is highly unlike me. Yesterday, I came across Victoria Osteen's blog and I think I'm on my way to taking my confidence back!
Here is what she had to say:
Where do you place your confidence today? What gives you strength? Hope? Encouragement? Some people find confidence in a relationship. When the relationship is going well, they are going well. But if there is a problem in that relationship, they are shaken. Some people find confidence in their job. But if things are not going well in the workplace, it rattles them to the core.
I believe God wants to teach us to trust Him today. He wants to be our source of strength and confidence. But many people have a difficult time trusting God because they think He's mad at them, or they aren't sure if He wants to do good to them. Always remember—God's not mad at you; He's madly in love with you!
Realize today that God is looking at you with good eyes, with sweet eyes, with loving eyes. He's not looking at what you've done wrong; He's looking at what you're doing right. Not only is He the God of love, He IS love and His arms are stretched out toward you today.
Why don't you take a moment and let that truth sink down into your heart? When you begin to really understand the way God sees you, it will affect your confidence in a whole new way. You'll go deeper and further with Him, knowing that He is at work in your life.
Today, throw your shoulders back and have confidence in God's love. Choose to trust Him. Choose to lean on Him because He's for you; He's not against you, and He is ready to lead you into victory in every area of your life.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart… (Proverbs 3:5, NIV)
See it's not that I had stop trusting in God where my confidence took a backseat. Just like Victoria said, "people find confidence in their job". I had done just that and now since my internship is over and filling out job applications, my fears were speaking louder than my confidence. After reading this and spending some quiet time with Jesus in prayer my confidence is restore. For the past week or so I had been looking at the my internship coming to an end as a bad thing when really it's a set-up for a brighter future!
Misha, I think the Osteens' are found a place here on Wednesday's!
~Motivating from a far~Ari
I know how you feel. My fears have definitely taken over my confidence and having a good stable job is where I find my confidence when Im not focused on my business. Now that the holiday season is over its back to the money/job struggle. Like what am I going to do now if someone is not going to hire me and give me good pay and guaranteed hours. Sometimes I feel defeated because I've been filling out apps for over a year now and all I have gotten is 1 part time job that barely give me hours and a seasonal job that wasted a lot of my gas. I know all of this is for a reason and part of me know the reason but then theres the other half like WHY?! But as you can see I was feeling this post and see where you coming from but I'm just going to take one day at a time and continue to trust in God and have confidence and him and in me.
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