I've always wished I could be one of those people who could try new things, make new friends, and always know what to say. I'm completely the opposite. It's extremely hard for me to try new things and even if I do it's even harder to make friends. If I do make friends, it doesn't seem to last long or grow into anything stronger. I'm just so shy and it takes seemingly forever for me to warm up to people and act myself. I guess some people just don't feel like waiting forever for me to warm up to them. And I understand that. I can see how that it would be pretty annoying. Or maybe it's that I come off as awkward or maybe even stuck up. I don't want people to view me as being that way, but it is just SO hard for me to warm up and trust people. That may be what I'm taken as. (Seriously if you get to know me I'm really, really crazy...and annoying and an extreme geek. And you might actually wish you didn't get to really know me.... ;) )I'm not blaming people for not trying to get to know me. Because it's so hard. I never know what to say and when I do say something, it's most likely really weird and makes me look super awkward.
So, the next time you feel like you hate who you are, remember those verses. He made you this way for a reason. You may not know that reason yet, and you might not until the end. There is a reason though. And He loves you. So so much. I hope that this was an encouragement to someone. To remember you are loved no matter how different you are from everyone else. God loves you and He made you the way you are.
But that's okay.
No matter how many people don't want to take the time to get to know me, it's okay. Because it doesn't matter what people think about me. The only thing that matters is what God thinks of me. And He loves me just the way I am. He gave me this personality for a reason. Whatever reason that might be. And if I don't have many 'close' friends it's because there is a reason for it. Maybe so I learn to rely on Him more than on other people. I shouldn't hate my personality or think something's wrong with me just because I'm not as outgoing and easily make friends like other people. Even though I tell myself that there is something wrong with that: There isn't. And even though some people don't understand me or get why I'm so shy it's okay. Because this is the way God made me. No matter how much you hate your personality or your body or anything else about yourself just remember God made you that way for a reason. Even though it's easier said than done, don't hate on yourself for it. Embrace the way He made you. He loves you. Don't try to be like everyone else. Be unique and stop trying to be like everyone else. Don't hide who you are because you don't want to look stupid. There is nothing wrong with being shy and not always knowing what to say. The rest of the world makes shy people seem like they're stupid and awkward. 'Everyone is supposed to be like everyone else'. Outgoing, skinny, pretty. That's not reality. Everyone is different. And that's what makes us all unique.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
-Jeremiah 1:5
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,-Psalm 139:14
I know that full well.
So, the next time you feel like you hate who you are, remember those verses. He made you this way for a reason. You may not know that reason yet, and you might not until the end. There is a reason though. And He loves you. So so much. I hope that this was an encouragement to someone. To remember you are loved no matter how different you are from everyone else. God loves you and He made you the way you are.
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