07/11/2026
You're never going to amount to anything.
You are so fat!!
You can't do anything right!!
These word bombarded nearly every day of my childhood.
I cant forget them.
I tried so hard to do things 'right', to please the ones saying these things. To be perfect. but I could never measure up...that made ME a failure.
I feel like a failure now as these words continue to run through my mind.
Childhood thoughts and fears surface often throughout my adult life. My shame and hurt often presents itself as perfectionism.
Perfectionists strain compulsively toward unobtainable goals that inevitably lead to disappointment.
Yep, that's me. Trying SO hard ......but never being good enough. Not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not talented enough.........
You get the idea.
Its a hard and depressive place to be in.
But ,my friends....God has different words for me.
He says I am beautiful.......
I am precious.....
I am complete...
I am worthy of all He has for me.....
I am redeemed, forgiven, sanctified and loved
Fully loved.
I AM GOOD ENOUGH!!
AND. SO. ARE. YOU!!
God loves us so much that He made us in His image, And then gave us HIS son, His own son to live with us and die for us!! WOW!!!
And this truth is exampled for me at Celebrate Recovery. I am loved just as I am and supported in my journey of who I am becoming.
The journey is hard, that's for sure, But I can do hard when I feel loved, I can do hard because I am learning that I am worth the work. I am learning that it's OK to make mistakes. And I am cheered for and encouraged to keep trudging on the path to wholeness.
Are you ready to discover you?
Join me at Celebrate Recovery every Thursday evening at 530pm at The Well in Pella.
I cant wait to meet you!!!