His View Matters

When they saw me, their view mattered so much.

I used to feel hurt when they saw me as odd, weird and funny in the not ha-ha sense of it. I wanted to have an exterior that wasn’t bothered about what they thought, but what was going on inside was that the more they laughed at me or just saw me in a lesser light, the more I would shrink back into myself and accept their view. They didn’t view me as much and so I thought the same thing.

Even when I got around others who didn’t share that view, I was too wrapped up in the depressing view to pay attention.

It took a particular with God to shake me out of that way of thinking. It took a process of seeing God in His word and understanding just how great He was and really how his view should be the one that matters most. It took a journey out of the place of low self-esteem to the place of seeing what view God had on me. And more importantly what view I should have on God, so I can rest in Him and not get caught up in the views of others.

That was not an instantaneous experience. That took place over time. It required a greater appreciation of the character of God and the praise that goes with that. It took exploring further who Jesus is and how He makes the difference when it comes to how I view myself and how I should view others as well.

It is not about being self-absorbed at all. It is about acknowledging that as I belong to God, then I get my views based on Him.

That’s all that matters, because His view matters most.

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For His Name’s Sake

Shalom

C. L. J. Dryden