Note to Self

Your value is fixed. It does not increase as you accumulate wealth, degrees, fame, popularity, property,  status, etcetera. It does not decrease when you have losses, mishaps, embarrassments, failures, and frailties. You are as worthy in this moment, in whatever condition you are currently in, as you were at birth; as you were at your best; as you were at your worst; and as you will be when in your final moment. Since nothing can diminish your value, nothing can amplify it, and that's the beauty of intrinsic value. It is not imparted, and it cannot depart. It should be your goal to walk with your head high, to reside in self-love, to honor your purpose, to radiate love and respect for the intrinsic value of others, to accomplish and achieve, and to live everyday with gratitude for the Most High, not because you're on a quest for worth or worthiness, but because you recognize that you are and will always be a significant member of humanity. -LeKechia Lyshell

Fifth

Every word goes into a registry,
helping you to crack the code of me.
I guard my heart when I don't speak,
securing insights into how I think.
I won't help you to conquer me
and betray myself so easily.
You utilize listening as weaponry,
but my speech won't help you tactically.
My mouth is not your point-of-entry;
you will not use my words against me.

The key to guarding your affections is disciplining your tongue.

Good morning,

I'm actively learning how big, gracious, loving, kind, good, forgiving, sufficient, and relational, and tangible God is. This experience with His character has satiated my being. He's my Father, my Heavenly Father, and it is that personal. Sometimes, it's difficult to express in a way that others can really grasp because of the many omitted details. I don't want all of my business, mishaps, failures, shortcomings, and embarrassments public and subject to people's judgement and criticism, but God knows all the details. There's not a single part of my being, heart, thoughts, behaviors, emotions, history, and experience that He has yet to discover, and He loves me completely, unconditionally, and eternally. I've been called many things. I've thought of myself as many things. It wasn't all good. As my knowledge of and relationship with my Father deepens and expands, I learn Him and in that process, I learn me.  "Daughter of God" isn't a cutesy thing I say now. It's who I am in relation to God.

"When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,  the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.  I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen."
Ephesians 3:14‭-‬21 NLT