Have you felt if you didn't meet someone's standards that your self-esteem went way down? There were many times in my life that this happened to me because I wanted approval from people so much, for that was the way I felt accepted. One day I began to see that as long as I looked to people for my acceptance I could easily be let down. Either I didn't meet their standards or they didn't meet my standards. I wanted my dad's approval so much when I was growing up. I remember one time I was backing the car out of the garage, and I bumped the wall a little. I didn't do anything to the car for I was going very slow. My dad told me that I moved the wall some, and to me he focused on my mistakes that from that day on I didn't feel that I had met his approval. Therefore that is why I always strove for his approval.
Ephesians 1: 6 tells that we are accepted by God. Read Chapters 1-3 in Ephesians and it tells you so much more how you are accepted by God.
Psalms 139:14 tells us of our acceptance of how God made us.
Luke 15: 11-32 tells us how the Father accepted his son when he came home no matter what he had done with his money.
Luke 6: 12-16 tells us how Jesus accepted His disciples for they came from different walks of life.
I encourage you to see yourself for who you are and not put your dependency on people; for they will let you down. There is one person who will not let you down and that is Jesus, for He gives grace and accepts you unconditionally with His love. He may not like what you do, but He will always love you unconditionally. Learn to accept others for who they are just like Jesus accepts you. Be flexible to accept change.
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