Let’s all face it, we have endured a lot of changes since January. Some of them have been welcomed changes and some not so much. 2020 has been interesting to say the least and we still have four more months left. How do we remain calm, know that everything will be ok, know that we are still on this journey called life and know that we are here for a specific reason and that we are made to do great things?
I don’t proclaim to have the answers to life, however, I do know that even in the current year we are still on a journey. One that we must own, one that has a purpose, and that is made for great things. I wanted my first blog to be from my heart. One that speaks to everyone that reads this. It is sometimes hard to live this life, lets face it we all have stuff that we are dealing with.
Over the past year life has been teaching me lessons. For years I have been working on building my career. I have took several job changes in order to build my resume to obtain “the” job. I work in healthcare and have been blessed to obtain jobs that have increased my knowledge about the industry. For years I have been chasing my career. For years that has been my driving force, not my faith, my family but my career. There is nothing wrong with chasing that dream of obtaining that dream job. However, there are some things that I would caution you about. Don’t let that be how you define your worth.
Your value, your worth in life is not defined by a job, the amount of money you make in that job, what others think of you, the material things that you have etc. You are worth more than all of those things. You are made for greater things. I feel like I need to say it again…Your job, your career, your home, your current relationship, etc does not define who you are. I have learned this over the past year. For many year I have been chasing my career, I have allowed that career define who I am and am not. I have allowed my career define my worth in society. A career is important, having money is necessary to live but it is not most important. Knowing your worth and value even if those things fall apart is what matters.
So, how do we balance our work life and personal life? How do we not get caught up in the viscous cycle of allowing our career, what people think of us define who we are? For me I have the peace of knowing that no matter what life throws me I can handle it and I will be a better person because of it. I have decided to celebrate the good things and taking the struggles and choosing to be a better person because of them and not a victim of them.
One last story to help you understand why I know that I (we) are made for greatness and why I know that. I became pregnant with my daughter at the young as of sixteen. Yes, at such a young age. When my father found out that I was pregnant his reaction was one that I will never forget. The words that he spoke to me will forever be embedded in my brain. He said, “you will never be anything, you will never graduate from high school and I will never have anything to do with you or that baby as he was pointing at my pregnant belly”. That was a defining moment in my life. I could have chosen to be a victim of that situation. I could believe the lies that was being told to me. I could have chosen to believe that I would never be worth anything or obtain my goals in life. I was sixteen and still had a lot of life to live. Instead of believing those lies I chose to rise above them. I chose to believe and know that I was better than those lies that my father told me.
We are in control of our life, choose to own your life and not let what life throws you define who you are. I know that we are made for great things. You may ask how do I know that? I know it because our creator does not create anything else but greatness. We are made in the image of God and for that reason we are made for a purpose, we are made to lift others up, we are made to love others and we are made for a purpose. So, don’t let life define your worth, let what your faith tells you define your worth.
You Define Who You Are! 