Chapter 9: Rise and Shine

Your story matters. It matters to God and it matters to your purpose for being on this earth. What happened to you? What did you do? Who are you? The answers to these questions are significant because without the courage to accept and tell your own story, the light of God cannot shine like it should through your life. You see the light exposes the truth of where we are and who God is. You can look at the light and see God, but it is only when you stand in the light that you are able to see yourself. It is only when you come into that place of intimacy with God that you can have an accurate view of who you are. The good, bad and ugly of your actions and thoughts are exposed. It feels extremely vulnerable but it is also extremely freeing because we don’t have to hide anymore. The thing that we were most afraid to confront about ourselves is staring us in the face and yet grace is right there too. you are undeniably loved, unexplainably cherished and valued despite what you may have gone through and how it changed you, YOU. ARE. LOVED.