“Not Good Enough? God Says Otherwise”

 When you’re feeling alone, lost, and “not good enough,” that’s exactly when God shows up and reminds us of His truth.  “This past week and a half has been tough. I’ve been in my feelings, listening to lies from the enemy telling me I’m not enough.” This episode is going to be a short, raw, and from the heart. I just needed to get this off my heart. I know I am not alone. We have to share scriptures that directly combat the lies:

“You are fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14)

“My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

“You are chosen, royal, holy, God’s special possession” (1 Peter 2:9)

 “The enemy says I’m not good enough. God says I am His.” 

 Start a List of “Truths to Hold On To” 

1. I am loved.
2. I am chosen.
3. I am forgiven.
4. I am not alone.
5. I am enough because He is enough.

 Keep building their own lists of God’s truth when lies creep in.

 “Sis, if you’re listening and feel the same way I do, you are not alone. God has you, and together we’ll keep choosing truth.” 

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Dear Lord Jesus, I come to you today and I ask you for the strength to just be open and honest and to be raw. Give me the opportunity to just tell these people how I felt this week. Help me to be honest and open. Help me to share my feelings. I can't be the only one. Lord Jesus, I pray that whoever is supposed to hear this will hear this. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to Unrelated Sisters Truth and Grace Conversation. My name is Shannon, and I'm one of your hosts, and I am by myself today. And first and foremost, I guess I should apologize for not doing this episode sooner this week so that it could release on Friday at 6 o'clock like the other episodes. But I just want to take a few minutes and be honest with our audience and talk truth a little bit today. This past week and a half has been very, very tough for me. I've been in my feelings. I've been listening to the lies from the enemy telling me that I'm not enough or that I'm making a mistake or that I'm not making the right decisions. And I've just had a really hard week. I've had trouble sleeping. It's made me physically sick over the last few days. Work has just been hard. I've been in my store now for, this is my third year, and February will be the start of my fourth year in this store, and I've grown to love and respect everyone that works in my building. This last week and a half, I've made decisions to change some things up and to move some things around. A lot of people in our building haven't been happy and they've been upset and they've been just different. At the end of the day, I know I'm doing the right thing. I do. I know I am. I prayed about it. You know, I talked with God about it. I've talked with my peers about it. I've, you know, I didn't make these decisions lightly. I didn't change things just to change things. I feel like that we have hit a stump and that we've quit growing, you know. But now, for the last week since I've made the decisions that I've heard all I can hear whispered in my ear is the enemy and the negativity that everybody around me is saying, that the enemy is saying in my ear. I'm not sure. But I just can't be the only person that feels this way. Like I can't be the only person that when you make a decision that doesn't just affect you, but it affects people around you. When you do things that you know at the end of the day is the right thing to do. But because everybody doesn't agree with you, you, you know, You carry that weight on your shoulders. You know, I hear a lot, right? I carry a lot of people's problems and a lot of their situations, a lot of their personal life. you know and into mine because i want them to feel comfortable enough to talk to me about that i want to be able to pray for these people and i want to be able to help them walk through difficult situations and difficult times in their lives but sometimes it gets to be overwhelming it just it gets to be overwhelming sometimes for me personally You know, this week I have definitely been in my feelings. I have been feeling like a failure and I do not do well feeling like a failure. Just saying that word makes me want to just bawl. That's all I wanted to do this week is just crawl in a corner and cry over and over and over again. I don't know if that is from past trauma. I thought I was past the point of pleasing people in my life. But after this week, it makes me wonder if that doesn't have something to do with it. I was told that I caused chaos. in my building and that I don't hold people accountable in my building and I don't do all these things and as a leader you have to make those hard decisions and I'm definitely second guess every decision that I've made this week you know I just I feel vulnerable and I don't Like to feel vulnerable. I don't. In the Bible, it says you are fearful and wonderfully made. Psalms 139.14. I have read that over and over again this week. Normally, I can feel it. when I meet it, and I don't feel fearful this week. I don't feel wonderfully made this week. 2 Corinthians 12 9 says, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. I don't like feeling weak. And I shut down. And that's what I've done this week. I have completely, 100% shut down emotionally. I don't like the way that makes me feel. And when I shut down emotionally, I shut down physically too. You are chosen, royal, holy, God's special possession. I can read these things to me today, and I know these verses today, but yet all I can hear is the enemy, the people around me, speaking into my bubble that I'm not enough, that I am not good enough. even though that God says I am. You can literally, you know, you can literally hear the voices of negativity around you and they're not always speaking to you. Sometimes they're just whispering behind you. But the devil, the enemy, wants you to know that that negativity is in your world and that that negativity is around you. And I have felt it a lot this week. I have felt a lot of disappointment from people this week. I have felt a lot of... I felt a lot of feelings. And I don't like feelings. I don't like to feel negativity and I don't like to feel lost or confused. I don't like to second guess myself. I do a lot of things by the seat of my pants. I jump feet first and figure it out as I go. But when it comes... to the people that I love and it comes to the people that I truly care about, I question every decision that I make with them. I question every decision. I question God. I question, is this out of discernment or is this out of necessity? Why? Why do we need to disrupt everybody's life and make decisions or make changes? We've talked about this on several of our episodes about being a sticky note person and putting sticky notes on my mirror. I've taken all of that down this week. I haven't wanted to see it or hear it. I haven't, you know, I just wanted to wallow in my own self this week. And it's been kind of funny, I think. You know, I talk a lot about being in the car and driving three hours a day to and from work. And everything this week has been about guarding your heart. It's been about protecting yourself from the enemy. It's been about different things, and it's been about the verse of the day. I get a verse of the day to my phone every day. One of them was, My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness. 2 Corinthians. And then the next day, since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. And then today's verse, or yesterday's verse, was guard your heart above all else, for it determines the courses of your life. Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs 4, 23 says, I read that verse and I have to ask, why? Why? Why can't I just guard my heart and do what I know is best and let everyone else come to terms with it? You can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. Romans 5.3 You know, it's been amazing this week, the fact that every Bible verse that has popped up in my verse of the day, and I have two or three, know that pop up every day has been regarding my heart has been listening to jesus you know it's it's been it's been amazing uh you know um jamie mcdonald you know she just released a song that says lifted in the river you know um lifted in the water, you know. And that's where we should live things. We should live them in the water. But we don't. We want to wallow in our self-pity and we want to wallow in people's feelings that we've hurt and we want to wallow in and don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you know, that I'm perfect and I'm not saying that I don't do things the wrong way or I don't always communicate the best and I don't always do the things you know that make that make life simple for people because I by any means do not do that but I do try to be truthful and I do try to treat others the way that I wish to be treated and I do try to show everyone I come in contact with the love of Jesus. And this week has been hard. This week has been hard. I haven't, you know, I normally find one or two people a day to witness to or to talk about Jesus with or, you know, talk about positivity with. And I've just not had that this week. And I don't like it. I don't like it. So, truths to hold on to. The first truth that we are going to hold on to for this upcoming week is that I am loved. And if you're listening, you need to hold on to some of God's truths. Write this down. The second one I'm going to hold on to is I am chosen. I am forgiven. I am not alone. And I am enough because He is enough. Build your own list of God's truths when lies creep in. Dig into Him. Give in to Him. Holler for Him. Reach your arms out for Him. And find your way back. I recently started watch on TikTok. And on TikTok, just Melanie, she does a We Do Not Care. She has a We Do Not Care club. And it's, you know, it's meant to uplift women who are going through menopause and premenopause. And, you know, she wants you to know that you're not alone. And so... She wanted you to know that there's women out going through the same things that you're going through. And so I was thinking about this on the way home, and I have decided that I'm going to start a not-today enemy club, right? So my not-today enemy club, the first one is... You do not, the enemy does not get to steal my joy. He does not. The enemy does not get to make me sad. He does not. The enemy does not get to tell me I am not enough. He does not. I am chosen by the King. I am enough because Jesus is enough. I am not alone because Jesus loves me. I hope and I pray that you understand and you see where this is coming from today. And if you're supposed to hear this, I pray that you listen and you hear it today. Dear Lord Jesus, I come today to thank you and to give you all the glory. I have loved you, and in today's episode, I rebuke the lies of the enemy. I ask for you to restore my joy and my peace and identity today. in Him, in you, Lord Jesus. I pray that you love me. I pray that the negativity that has been around me, that you take that negativity and you help me to turn it into positivity with the people around me. Lord Jesus, give me the words. Give me the things to say. Give me the smile that eats through it. Lord Jesus, I praise you and I thank you for everything that you have ever done for me. Lord Jesus, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to realize that it's been the enemy all week long. You have subtly sent me hints, verses, Music, songs, all week long, Lord Jesus, and I just want you to know that I am grateful and I am thankful for everything that you have given me this week, Lord Jesus, and for everything that you are going to give me and my family in the upcoming weeks. Lord Jesus, once again, I rebuke the lies of the enemy. And I ask you to restore my joy, my peace, and my identity in you. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. Hey sis, if you're listening and you feel the same way I do, you're not alone. God has you, and together we'll keep choosing truth. If you loved this episode, please share it with another. please follow us on TikTok at unrelated.sisters or on Facebook at unrelatedsisterspodcast.com. Thank you, ladies.