So Long Insecurity, Week 3

1. After reading these two chapters, what do you believe to be the TWO primary roots of your struggle with insecurity? Keep in mind that more may apply but try to lock in on two that you believe to be most impactful.

PRIDE. I say this because of the quote on page 101. . .We don't feel special, and that hurts our pride. Beth states, "sometimes people and situations make us feel insecure because they nick our pride, plain and simple." WOW! I am a very sensitive person, and can see how this is really true- my pride is hurt, I feel undervalued. . . Yet, we all need to know that our value is in Christ alone. Our value is in him. His willingness to die for us on a cross, a death that we should have been sentenced to. . .There is no greater sacrifice someone can make for you. . .or will ever make for you. Aren't we really valuable- more special than any silver or gold. .. more special than the praise on the back we feel we miss out on, or the reward we "should have" won.


OUR CULTURE. Let's face it girls, it is tough to live up to the edited images we have constantly thrown in our face of what we "need to look like."


2. What, if any, insight did you gain about the roots of insecurity and did you sense that God was trying to speak to you in any specific way through it? (This answer does not need to be limited to the two roots you identified in the previous response.)

I think that I need to refocus on my true identity- some how in the midst of all this, I like to lose it at times. I think that the primary root of this insecurity comes from two broken relationships- one of which I was physical injured (with two broken feet at the same time) and the guy just walked out. . . the worst part I've had to grow from would be his broken promise of several months later to come and meet with me about this issue. . . he promised this standing in church one Sunday almost a year ago, and failed to keep his word. Lies are a hard thing for any of us. . . lies to our face, well, that is even more dramatic. . . I can't help but think about Peter here. How hurt he must have been after he denied his father.