NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
By Hannah Brenchner
Recently, I posted an Instagram story asking: What’s the biggest lie you’re fighting?
I figured I would scoop the lies up– one by one– and start to break them down in this space. We could ambush them together and pick the better stories for ourselves.
Within a few minutes, the lies were pouring in, and they were loud:
I’m not made for motherhood.
I chose the wrong path.
There’s no room for me at the table.
I’m an imposter.
God is withholding his goodness from me.
I’ll
never experience peace– only overwhelm.
I’m not good enough to make anyone stay.
Perhaps the most common lie is one I’ve grappled with myself for years and years. The lie: I’m not good enough.
We’ve all said it before. We’ve thought about it. We’ve acted out of it. I don’t know when that influential little lie gets in, but here’s what I do know: it’s no place to live your life from.
The lie “I’m not good enough” almost always hinges on another more dangerous belief: someone else is better. Someone else deserves more...Read More
