Getting Off The Well-Worn Path

Many years ago, a friend shared with me that she’d rarely heard a word of praise from either of her parents. They weren’t overtly critical, yet they made it clear that she missed the mark for their standard of good.

They would say things like, “Too bad you got that one bad grade on your report card; otherwise you would have been on the dean’s list.” What might seem like a minor comment from her parents turned into the well-worn path of I’m not good enough in her mind.

My friend was forty years old when she told me this, so that soundtrack had been playing in her head for a long time. And that not-good-enough story was holding her back from the hopes and dreams she had for her life—and the plans God still has for her life.

Maybe you can relate. Or maybe your soundtrack sounds more like this:

• I fail at everything I do.
• If it’s not perfect, it’s not good at all.
• I’m too much!
• I’m such an inconvenience.
• I can’t count on anyone else to help me or protect me.

2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us what...Continue Reading