Spend time taking care of your soul. We don’t realize how much our emotions, our attitudes, our thoughts affect us physically. The Scripture says, “I wish above all things that you succeed and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.”

  Why are you still holding a grudge over who hurt you, who walked away, what you didn’t get? That didn’t stop God’s plan. What they did is not going to keep you from your purpose. God saw it and He has a plan to bring you out better.

 God sees what you’re going through. He knows what wasn’t fair: the lonely nights, the pain, the heartache. The Scripture says, “He’s collected all of your tears.” He’s been right there with you. He’s not going to leave you brokenhearted.

  God is saying, “Throw that net out one more time.” Start believing again, start dreaming again, start taking steps of faith. You don’t know what God is about to do. The reason it hasn’t happened yet is because it’s bigger than you think.

  The Scripture says, “It is better to obey God than to obey people.” There will be times when you have to make a decision, “Am I going to stick with my convictions? Am I going to be who God made me to be? Or am I going to let the approval of people determine my destiny?”

 God accepts and approves you right where you are: faults, mistakes, shortcomings, and all. He knows you’re on a journey. He’s changing you little by little. He accepts you. Now, you have to accept yourself.

  Here’s the key: God has given you what you need to fulfill your destiny. If you needed a different personality, He would have given you one. If you needed different gifts, different strengths, different looks, different parents, it would have happened. Quit comparing and run your race.

  Don't be against yourself. You don’t need another enemy. Be as good to yourself as you're to others. Be kind to yourself, be merciful to yourself, be loving to yourself. We think because it’s us, it’s okay. It’s not hurting anyone else. But it’s not okay. It’s hurting you.

  God has given us different personalities, different gifts, different temperaments. Sometimes, we’re fighting who we are by trying to be like someone else. You have to accept who God has made you to be.

 A lot of times, we discount ourselves. “I’m just a mother. I’m just a student, just a teacher." You’re not just anything. You’re a child of the Most-High God. He breathed His life into you.

 Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from the evil one. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. GOD BLESS AMERICA