Quiet Confidence

People may write me off as the best quiet spirit, naysayers may say my personality needs to change and is one not many would want to hire, people may say you’re aiming too high, maybe you should try doing something easier, maybe you should stop trying to achieve this dream of yours, maybe...the list can go on and on. The world is full of negative naysayers always unwilling to accept the best for others or they think they need to offer ‘good advice’. The one thing they don’t know is that their words of negativity or what may be meant to deter me only fuels the fire in my belly even more. I haven’t come this far floating on clouds, it’s been pure determination and confidence not in myself alone but in something far greater. It is a courage to attempt to accomplish the desires that burn in me that God alone placed and is faithful to complete. It is with a quiet and calm confidence in One who is more than enough that propels me further not for myself but to give of myself and whatever I can offer to live a life worthy of a love and salvation given so freely for me...and for you. 

Yes, it may hurt to hear the negative but it doesn’t really matter what other’s think, say, or do if you have placed your confidence in the Creator of life, dreams, vision, creativity, and all things beautifully set apart for the praise of His glory.

The best thing about my kind of confidence is that I don’t place it in a fading outer appearance, a vast educational knowledge or intelligence or degrees, riches, social status, awards, and accomplishments. My confidence is in One whose beauty never fades, a love that never fails, a joy that runs deeper, a peace that cannot be shaken, a wisdom none can comprehend, a strength that goes beyond the physical, and an abundance of life that flows not out of momentary happiness but is rooted in faith. 

It is scary stepping out of your comfort zone but all it takes is one step. That is all I do, take one step at a time confident in my faith; confident that the desires I have are God given; confident that in my daily mundane life, is where moments of God’s greatness can be revealed. I am confident that there is an ever growing amount of learning to be done but I am also confident that the doors God opens present challenges that will come with joys of seeing more of what God can accomplish through ordinary people believing in an extraordinary God. 

-I hope you know how much God loves you!