Desire & Approval

It's been over a year. Yep. I've written on the other blog about my life journey, and I decided that this one would be about my life lessons. 

This time I'm writing about what I remembered when reading back through sermon journal entries of this winter. Specifically, the one I was thinking of is about seeking approval. There are times when I catch myself trying to please man instead of God and I frustration mixed with relief flow through this memory. 

At Reality Stockton(RS) Josh started Genesis. He talked about multiple facets of the beginning but the one point that is sticking out to me in this moment is this: We, as humans, have sought approval from the very beginning. In the garden, God stated over us: You are good. Thus starting our desire to affirmation. The hard thing is that the fall happened. Affirmation came from, and was sought from, people. If I can remember that God already spoke over me, and still speaks over me, the benediction, "you are good," I can walk and live with so much more freedom. 

Also, ladies... Genesis 3:16 talks about how our desire will be for our husband. Give yourself some grace when you fall for a guy. I realized that even whoever is in my future, he is my desire and whenever I start understanding why I do things, I have so much more grace and love for myself. No wonder there is so much war inside heads and hearts about love. God made it perfect, we screwed it up. 

Take away: 

God says, "you are good my child." 

Live in that.

Walk in that. 

To the woman he said,

"I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; 

with painful labor you will give birth to children.

your desire will be for your husband,

and he will rule over you."

Genesis 3:16