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Together we can remove our insecurities

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Proverbs 17:17When I joined an online group of mostly women writers, I was hesitant to participate. My insecurities begged me to remain anonymous.

I was a wannabe writer at the bottom of a list of wonderful women who could write profound and life-changing words. I was convinced my mediocre writing would fall into a forgotten abyss.

Many of the writers who joined the group after me have described the same feelings – doubt in their abilities and fear of not measuring up to everyone else.

These insecurities are not limited to my writer friends. I see it in women everywhere. We question our own abilities and compare ourselves to others. We constantly worry about our weight, age, hair color and even our height. We doubt and fear that we do not belong.

God created each of us different on purpose. Some of us can create a beautiful masterpiece out of paper, scissors and glue while some of us can sing like an angel. It does not make one greater than the other, but we convince ourselves that it does.

When I was in grade school, those differences did not matter. But that changed in junior high when we begin to notice the differences in each other.

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Stop seeking your self-worth in others

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Psalm 27:1

When I was in eighth grade, my mom bought me a book titled The Cat ate my Gymsuit by Paula Danziger. It’s about Marcy Lewis, a young girl on the verge of adolescence who struggles with her weight and self-esteem.

She is always inventing reasons to be excused from gym class so she doesn’t have to be subjected to jokes about her weight. Through a series of events, and with the help of an English teacher, Marcy learns to accept her body and stand up for herself.

Mom bought me this book because she thought I could identify with Marcy, and she was right. Not only did I have weight and self-esteem issues, I made excuses to be dismissed from gym class for the same reason. The words of my peers hurt, and I let it define who I was.

I never did possess any amount of athletic abilities, and the days I did participate in gym, usually ended in humiliation.

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Embracing the Ma’am in Me

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Proverbs 16:31

I walked towards the tall building on a beautiful fall afternoon. The cool air had provided relief from the summer heat and everyone was taking advantage of being outside.

I breathed in the crisp air that had put me in a good mood and walked with my head high. I felt good. Life was good this day.

Then it happened. One minute I was walking and the next minute I was lying face down on the ground. After the initial shock of falling, I stayed where I was. I was unable to face the hundreds of people who had just witnessed the most ungraceful fall in mankind. I wondered how long it would take me to melt into the sidewalk and disappear.

I heard a muffled voice in the distance. I could not figure out what it said so I ignored. It happened again but this time, it was louder and I realized it was for me. I looked up to find a young man in his twenties running towards me.

“Ma’am, are you ok?” he asked.

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