The lie of never being enough.
I was listening to a podcast today, a hilarious one with some of my favorite angelenos. As per usual, I was trying my best to laugh silently but failing as those around me shot me down with unamused glares.
All of a sudden, the woman on the podcast expresses that she is so busy as a mother, wife, actress, friend and she started screaming something oddly familiar;
IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
She was speaking about all she does for her family as a mother, as an actress, as a wife, as a friend and she just felt so insufficient even after all that she does. I listened to her familiar cries quite dumbfounded.
This woman, who I feel is so successful and is trying her best, feels like she isn't doing enough.
How many times have I sat there and have heard the same thing? Countless.
An evil force whispers painfully into my ears, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I try to build a relationship, I hear, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I study for my classes, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I pray the rosary everyday, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I try to look my best. IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
My work in the office, my artwork, my writing, my workout, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I look around at my life, my possessions, my hopes, my dreams, my desires, and think IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
Running through my emptiness is the devil convincing me of this.
How much is that like the story of Genesis? The serpent preys on the woman, and basically tells her YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH. That she must eat of the tree because what she is now, IS NOT ENOUGH.
But God did make her enough, He made her in His image.
It's been a woman’s hurt since the beginning. The devil waits for us to feel confident in trusting the Father, then attacks us. He uses the world to tell us that we are not enough.
But every time, I am at the pits of my emptiness, the Father rushes down to pick me up. And He holds my face and stares into my eyes, and tells me YOU ARE ENOUGH.
He works into my life and through my relationships and successes and even failures, He proudly exclaims that I am enough.
I will always be enough. I was enough for Him to suffer to His death, and rise again.
All of a sudden, the woman on the podcast expresses that she is so busy as a mother, wife, actress, friend and she started screaming something oddly familiar;
IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
She was speaking about all she does for her family as a mother, as an actress, as a wife, as a friend and she just felt so insufficient even after all that she does. I listened to her familiar cries quite dumbfounded.
This woman, who I feel is so successful and is trying her best, feels like she isn't doing enough.
How many times have I sat there and have heard the same thing? Countless.
An evil force whispers painfully into my ears, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I try to build a relationship, I hear, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I study for my classes, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I pray the rosary everyday, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I try to look my best. IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
My work in the office, my artwork, my writing, my workout, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I look around at my life, my possessions, my hopes, my dreams, my desires, and think IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
Running through my emptiness is the devil convincing me of this.
How much is that like the story of Genesis? The serpent preys on the woman, and basically tells her YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH. That she must eat of the tree because what she is now, IS NOT ENOUGH.
But God did make her enough, He made her in His image.
It's been a woman’s hurt since the beginning. The devil waits for us to feel confident in trusting the Father, then attacks us. He uses the world to tell us that we are not enough.
But every time, I am at the pits of my emptiness, the Father rushes down to pick me up. And He holds my face and stares into my eyes, and tells me YOU ARE ENOUGH.
He works into my life and through my relationships and successes and even failures, He proudly exclaims that I am enough.
I will always be enough. I was enough for Him to suffer to His death, and rise again.
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