3 Things About You
In fact, most people will be able to extend the list by at least a few more.
Reference: You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. (Psalm 139:1 NIV)
Explore: If you ask someone “Tell me 3 things you don’t like about yourself”, you will find they will answer you in under a minute. In fact, most people will be able to extend the list by at least a few more.
However, if you ask someone “Tell me 3 things you like about yourself”, people will ummm and ahhhh for quite some time. And to fill out the list of all three often takes some encouragement.
Application: Most people are very aware of their failings. And in the times when we feel incompetent or hopeless, those aspects we don’t like about ourselves become all the more obvious to us.
As I have been posting a blog from the Psalms every Friday for a few years now, Psalm 139 just kind of snuck up on me. I wasn’t anticipating the love, warmth and acknowledgement from my Heavenly Father that I received through reading this Psalm.
If ever you are feeling down and feeling that the things you don’t like about yourself are outnumbering the things you do like about yourself… read Psalm 139. It reminds us of how God surrounds us and loves us and has made us.
We don’t have to strive for any greater acknowledgement than from Him.
Prayer: Lord, you know me and yet you still love me! May I be kind to myself today. Amen.
What are 3 things you like about yourself?
This article was written by Linda Bailey
Linda started theological studies in 1999 in Australia. After working for ten years in various church ministries, she now works as the breakfast producer at 89.9 LightFM - the Christian radio station in Melbourne, Australia. She writes blogs every day about passages she is currently reading in the Bible. Follow her on Google Plus +Linda Bailey or Facebook by clicking the like button on the right of this page.