How many of us have applied for a job? When you applied for a job have you ever been told you didn’t have the qualifications? God knows I have. We’re sorry Mr Glenn you’re not qualified for this position. It’s a very defeating statement. Makes you feel not good enough. You feel that they are judging your worth without knowing you.
Ok now how many of us have felt that way about something else in our lives? Have you ever disqualified yourself from something because you didn’t think you were smart enough, athletic enough, or good enough? Were these criteria even measurable to anyone but you? Do you think you may have missed out on an exciting life experience by letting your feelings of inadequacy get in the way? I know that I have.
Believe it or not I have a few friends probably had more when I was growing up. I was asked to do a lot of things, go a lot of places, and experience a lot more of life. I didn’t, I would always had a reason to decline the invitation. “Y’all go ahead without me, I don’t really like things like that.” Or “I’d love to go with you but that’s not really my idea of a good time.” The problem is all of it sounded like fun. It all sounded exactly like my idea of a good time, but what if I couldn’t do it? What if I wasn’t able, and held back the group because of my lack of qualifications? Would everyone then hate me, would they never invite me, would they avoid being around me because I had ruined their good time? These are the thoughts that went through my head. Whether rational or irrational I had to deal with it.
Later in life I have heard people say and I have thought myself that “I don’t deserve to be loved.” While I have thought it, said it, and maybe in some cases limited myself because of it. That may be one of the dumbest statements I have ever heard. There is not a person alive that doesn’t deserve to be loved. That is a job we are all qualified for. One of the greatest feelings in the world is being able to do for someone, to serve them, to love them. When you are able to do something for someone out of love it fills your heart up like nothing else on earth. You gain immense joy from the happiness you see that you have placed in someone’s life. The smile on their face makes your heart melt. When you feel like you don’t deserve love, when you don’t allow people to do for you, when you refuse to let people love you, you are stealing that feeling from them. They won’t know that immense joy, they won’t have their hearts melt, they won’t see that true happiness and know they are the cause. Why would you want to steal that amazing feeling from the ones you love?
You are divinely qualified to love and to be loved. God loves you and so do I. Go out and love someone today, and let them love you.
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