"When God considers you, does He decieve Himself in some way or does He know who you truly are? If He know who we truly are, then why do we preface His understanding of us with phrases such as "in God's eyes we are righteous" or " forgiven" or "loved" or " pleased" and so on? Are we trying to say that God is not living in reality? That He is somehow involved in self-deception? Is He just some old grandparent type who wants to overlook the faults of his grandchildren? Either He really know who you are or He doesn't. Playing with words thes way keeps us from experiencing the reality of who we are. It also dishonors who God is."
" If you think of yourself differently than God thinks of you, who is mistaken, you or God? How often do we allow our minds to overrule what God says is true? Keep in mind, you were made by God and for God. He has placed within you needs that only He can meet. If we try to have these needs met by another person or persons, we will end up frustrated, angry, and unfulfilled."
"If we know who we are, we will not try to become someone else in order to have value and meaning in our lives. If we don't know who we are, we will try to become someone who someone else wants us to be"
These are three quotes from the book i am reading called "Search for Significance". As i was reading them they all rang true in my life. God does see me as who i am and yet he is pleased and he loves me. I don't think like that as much as i should. Instead i go around trying to get other people to be pleased with me and I try to get them to meet the needs that only God can meet. By doing this i slowly become the person they want me to be and i stop being the person God created me to be.
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