my security is mine to keep

one of the powerful things i've learned about my security is that it is mine alone to keep and no one can take it from me because my security is in Christ. one of the ways men and women get caught up in insecurity is by comparing themselves to others. how many times a day do i do that? way too many. by comparing, i'm showing my doubt in the One who created me. God created me in His image. wow. that knocks my socks off!

- An insecure person's greatest need for control is directed toward those who have the most potential to either threaten her security or strengthen it.

- Some (people) won't do what it takes to liberate themselves because their particular form of bondage provides a momentary respite from real life...at the end of the day, people do what they want to do. You can't make them do something else. You can't force them. You can't change them. You can't deliver them. Only God can. And that's why He's omnipotent and we're not.

- We are not in charge. Somewhere along the way, we each have to acknowledge that our loved one is a separate person from us-someone God loves, pursues, and when necessary chastises. When we try to do God's job, we get in God's way. We are called to cherish, support and pray for others, but tying our security to them is a lost cause. Hand that rope over to God. Let Him undo that tangled-up mess and retie your security to Himself. He's the One with all the power.

- What God initiates, He equips us to handle.

- God is the only one who can know a person's every thought, every motive, every temptation, and every flaw yet still feel good about Himself. If we want to become secure women of God, we must cease asking questions we can't handle the answers to.

- Insecurities do not attract. They repel. Insecurities do not invite intimacy. They invite uncertainty. They do not work for us on any level at all, except to open our hearts and minds to the healing, securing strength of Christ.

- One of the most common human claims is that we can't change the way we feel. That may be true, but we can change the way we think, which will change the way we act. And as we change the way we act, the way we feel also begins to change.

- God gave you your security, and nobody gets to force it from you. You must make up your mind that the only way someone can take it from you is for you to hand it over. You have the right to hold on to security for dear life in every situation and every relationship. It's the power of choice.

Galatians 5:26 MSG
We will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.

selah