Reblogging this: Old Insecurities (by Adeline Oh Velarde)

Reading the blog post of a missionary and fellow blogger today brought such a flood of emotions that I totally had to reblog it. 

Such encouragement, Adeline. Thanks for sharing your heart; I could truly relate... especially to this part:

"In comparing myself, I was actually belittling the Lord. I pray and ask Him to give me His creativity and ideas every time before I start working because on my own, I don’t have much to offer. So, when I wonder if I am good enough, if I make the cut in comparison to others, I am actually telling the Lord that the creative ideas He has put in me is not as good as those of the people to whom I compare myself. And I am looking for the approval of men/women instead of realizing that the Lord has strengthened me to do this creative work..."