We Are Enough

Published: Jan. 23, 2023, midnight

b'Sometimes I feel like I am not enough. I feel like I am not trying hard\\nenough or doing big enough things with my life. I feel bad for not being as\\nsuccessful as others. You may have days like that too. You might have days\\nwhen you mess up and you feel like you\\u2019re not good enough. You might have\\ndays when you fail to get into the college you wanted to attend, or you\\ndon\\u2019t land the job you were excited about, or when you feel like the dreams\\nyou have for yourself don\\u2019t compare with the dreams your friends have.\\n.\\nBut our value in God\\u2019s eyes has nothing to do with what we have\\naccomplished, or what we are hoping to accomplish. Our value in God\\u2019s eyes\\nhas nothing to do with the way we act or how perfect we are. Our value in\\nGod\\u2019s eyes is based solely on the fact that we are human and He created us\\nin His image (Genesis 1:27). He loves us no matter what we do and no matter\\nwhat we accomplish. As Christians, we know God\\u2019s love is unshakable because\\nHe became human and died and rose again for us, beating sin and death so\\nthat we could be with Him forever (Romans 8:38-39).\\n.\\nGod chose to love us before we even turned to Him, and that is a great sign\\nof how He feels about us. We are enough because He loves us. We do not have\\nto accomplish anything to be seen and cared for by Him. \\u2022 Emily Acker\\n.\\n\\u2022 Jesus came to die for you while you were still a sinner and an enemy of\\nGod. In fact, God loved you so much that He chose to save you before He\\ncreated the world\\u2014before you had ever done anything good or bad (Ephesians\\n1:4-5; 1 John 4:19). How might it be freeing to know that God\\u2019s love is not\\naffected by what you do or don\\u2019t do, and that forgiveness for all your sins\\nis accomplished through Jesus\\u2019s death on the cross, the ultimate expression\\nof love?\\n.\\n\\u2022 We all need Jesus\\u2019s love and forgiveness. To find out more about what\\nthis means, check out our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page.\\n.\\nBut God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners,\\nChrist died for us. Romans 5:8 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nRom.5.6-Rom.5.11'