Self-worth is More Than Knowing You Are Enough

Self-worth is more than knowing you are enough.

Knowing you are enough is accepting yourself and being satisfied with who God called you to be. But this only lays the foundation to practice self-worth. Practicing self-worth goes beyond what you know to what you do Adcirca, Revatio, .

Check out this week’s episode of Holy Calling podcast. I’m sharing my journey from just knowing I am enough to practicing self-worth.

Self-worth or a lack thereof affects every aspect of your life.

The thing about a lack of self-worth is that you can flourish in one area of your life and still struggle in another haven’t changed your way of thinking or upped your esteem for yourself.

Life isn’t always kind. Everyone experiences hurt, pain, rejection, and betrayal, at some point in life.  The things that happen to us in life affect that way we think and process things.

A mindset is an established set of attitudes and beliefs held by someone.

Mindsets can be good or bad. Think of your mind as a file cabinet with several folders filled with different sets of instructions on how to process all of life’s issues good or bad.  Think of these instructions as mindsets.

When someone you love, care about, respect or look up to doesn’t love you, value, you, respect you, care about you, is not kind to you, does not believe in you or trust you it affects the way you think about yourself.

You begin to process all of life’s issues through the filter of those beliefs and they begin to shape your identity and the way you live your life.  These become strongholds.

A stronghold is a false mindset that has taken control of your mind, your heart, and reasoning so that truth cannot breakthrough into your thoughts and the way you process things.

Strongholds must be pulled down and destroyed (2 Corinthians 10:4–6). To do this you have to challenge false mindsets with the truth found in God’s word.

 Romans 12:2 says, Don’t be conformed to this world be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you might prove what the good, acceptable, perfect will of God.

Women who struggle with self-worth struggle in one or more of the following areas:

loving themselves, valuing themselves, respecting themselves, caring for themselves, being kind to themselves, believing in themselves, and trusting themselves.

On the other hand, when you practice self-worth, you:

1. Love yourself – the woman you God made you. You celebrate your unique qualities and you’re not afraid of your past or sharing your story.
2. Value yourself – Value your time, your life, and what you have to offer.
3. Respect yourself – don’t let people treat you any kind of way. God will fight for you and there will be times when you have to turn the other cheek but sometimes you have to speak up for yourself and stand up for yourself.
4. Care for yourself – spirit, soul, and body. Wholeness, Wellbeing, and health. 
5. Are kind to yourself – don’t be so critical and hard on yourself, give yourself the grace you would give to others and forgive yourself.
6. Believe in Yourself  – that you a worthy to be, do, and have all God promised you, not just other people.
7. Trust Yourself  – to do new things, to challenge yourself, you make decisions for yourself without needing other people’s approval.

SELF-WORTH changes from little to much the minute you start to believe what God says about you and treat yourself as He would treat you.

Beloved, when you value yourself and begin to practice these things, you begin to value others instead of comparing yourself. You stop judging and start loving others. You stop finding fault and you begin to pardon others.