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Know Me: Before you Judge Me
You briefly hear about my achievements in my job skills, and you take your stance to judge me as one who lacks motivation to succeed; however, you don’t know my story.
You don’t know that demeaning words were spoken over me as a young child which caused me to develop a low self esteem and to see myself as a failure.
You don’t know that as a young child, a “family secret” slipped out, and I was told, “You are not being raised by your biological mother.”And, I was not allowed to ask questions like “Who Am I?”
You don’t know that as a young child, I had to be addressed by two different last names; one last name was used when I was at church with “The Family” and the other last name was used for being addressed in the community.
You don’t know that my dark complexion was criticized by my caretaker who said, “You’re so black, and people are calling you “the little black girl.” These words crowded my inner soul and caused me to lie awake many nights crying and asking God, “Why did You make me so dark?”
You don’t know that I struggled to understand why I was raised in a dysfunctional family where the cycle repeated itself each generation. And, I wasn’t supposed to take my upbringing personally, but instead learn from it and stop the cycle.
You don’t know that I tried to bury my pain, my low self-esteem, and my sense of antipathy deep down in my inner soul. When I failed at that, I cried out, “Heavenly Father, I surrender all to you.
You don’t know that through studying the Word, and praying to my Heavenly Father that I now realize that I no longer have to wonder who I am, because my Heavenly Father adopted me into His Kingdom, and He is My Abba Father.
You don’t know that through studying the Word, I now realize that God has made me fearfully and wonderfully blessed, and that I let go of feeling worthless.
You don’t know that God has instilled a song of praise in my heart, “The Joy of the Lord is my Strength and I pour out my heart to Him, because He is my refuge, my Wonderful Counselor, my Mighty God, my everlasting Father, and my Prince of Peace.”
So to you, your judgment of me is not of value, because what you don’t know is that God is mending me on His Potter Wheel in order to elevate me to serve my purpose that He planned for me when He established my being.
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