Dealing with Feelings - Girlfriends in God - April 27, 2021

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April 27, 2021 Dealing with Feelings Kelly Balarie Today's Truth But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light" (1 Peter 2:9, NIV). Friend to Friend Have you ever felt left out? I remember, as a kid, sitting on the curb at recess while the other girls in my class jumped rope. I sat alone. I stared at them. Inside, I knew where I stood with these girls. I wasn't welcome. I had tried to join their club before; it didn't work out so well.  Recently, I felt like that little girl on the curb again. It happened when a group of women laughed. They simply shared an inside-joke that I didn't understand and, yet again, I felt left-out. I got triggered. I called the women "clique-ish" in my head and I hated their actions. Yet, when I got home, I believe God prompted a thought. It occurred to me like this: "Is it the girls that you really hate – or, is it you, Kelly, that you really hate?" Wow. Maybe my hurt has nothing to do with them and everything to do – with me. I stopped to think…maybe I hate how I don't feel good enough. Maybe I hate that I don't have a best friend. Maybe I hate how that fact seems to declare me unworthy and unwanted. Am I flawed? My husband told me this morning, "Kelly, you are who God says you are. Walk in the fullness of that reality." He's right. Scripture says that we, as believers, are a "chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that (we) may declare the praises of him who called (us) out of darkness into his wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9, NIV.)   CONTINUE READING →

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