If you feel like your worth depends on what other people think or say about you, you’re not alone. This author felt the same way, until he began exploring more about his identity from a spiritual perspective.
We can probably all do a better job of being part of the “cleanup crew” in our own thinking. I’ve found the most effective way to do this is by allowing our thoughts, and in turn our actions, to be impelled by God.
Instead of focusing on an outcome that seemed on the surface humanly fair, I just kept going deeper into my love for God and desire to be obedient to the highest justice there could be. In this way I became less and less attached to a specific outcome.
Our oneness with infinite, omnipresent Love governs us—not colonialism, injustice, or poverty. Understanding this fundamental relationship to God enables us to prove our present freedom, wherever we may live.
After being blindsided by a breakup, this author initially felt angry, hurt, and confused, and she wondered where God was. But as she prayed, a more tangible feeling of God’s love turned her thoughts in a new direction.