Being My Best!
Celeste Rains-Turk
Licensed Associate Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Personal Development Mentor, Podcast Host, Best-Selling Author
Happiest I’ve been in a long time!?? Hard to believe. My loved ones have said the shift has been incredible to see & feel. So imagine how I actually feel!??Thank GOD for his strength, guidance, & love through the challenges I’ve faced & still AM facing. I will be ok!
God does NOT betray us in difficulty, his love is always present, “the faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease”- Lamentations 3:22
I wasn’t feeling my best as…I was being put down & seeing myself for lies I was being told about myself- not enoughI wasn’t trusting God fully, so my tight grip on life was keeping me from HIS calling & desires for me
My free will quickly turned into control, I didn’t want to see REALITY because I idolized a DREAM; ?????My confidence was shaken which was a blow since I’d spent so much time building self esteem & love
My personal relationship with Jesus has completely changed for the better in recent years. I am grateful I was led to Him through challenging times of my life because more recently when I really needed Him to pull me out, I could recall His love for me & honor Him by respecting myself
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I thought loving like Jesus meant forgiveness & compassion without boundariesNow I know, it means forgiveness & compassion but also discernment, “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness”- Proverbs 26:11
Sometimes to love ourselves & others we have to be able to say & mean we won’t tolerate certain things anymoreIn the moment, letting go is incredibly difficult. But then, you come out the other side, do the healing, let Gods love wash over you & fill your heart, & reconcile with yourselfI’ve had to evaluate why I let things happen? Why I didn’t see things? Why I crossed my own boundaries? Why I made excuses…. All so I could foster COMPASSION & FORGIVENESS FOR MYSELF!
I was so busy trying to create something I desire in a place where I was not truly desired
Just because your love wasn’t valued doesn’t mean it’s not valuable, it just means we gave it away somewhere that it wasn’t meant to be given or prepared to be receivedI thought my heart was going to go cold but each day I feel safer, warmer…????????