Original blessing

Original Blessing by Danielle Shroyer

posted on Flying Free

If we focus on our own view of ourselves, or how other people view us, or how we think the world perceives us, we will be tossed constantly from one sentiment to the next. Some people have a view of God that feels just as stormy, and that's the most problematic of all. If we can't trust the steadfast love God has for us, we will also be tossed around by our questions of whether God finds us worthy or disgraceful, whether we are measuring up or letting God down. But God's relationship to us is not in question. God is sticking with it. So we can find some stability even in the midst of our ever-changing lives by focusing on original blessing above all else. We can either build our self-worth on the shifting sand of human opinion (including our own), or we can build it on the rock of God's steadfast commitment to us.