TWO TRUTHS & A LIE
STATEMENT 1: I’M NOT ENOUGH
STATEMENT 2: MY looks are the least interesting thing about me
STATEMENT 3: GOD’S WORKS ARE WONDERFUL, I KNOW THAT FULL WELL
Here’s a fun (not for me, this feels too vulnerable) game… Which of these is the lie?
ANSWER: Statement NO. 1
If I had written this a few years ago, that would not have been the answer. It would have been two lies and one truth. Not even just a few years ago - I still have moments where it feels that way. But I’m learning to question what I’m believing about myself and what voices I’m trusting in.
There have been two significant moments in the past two or so years where I chose to believe a new truth…
The first was a fresh revelation of something I’d heard hundreds of times before… At the end of college I was in a place of low self-worth but desperate to know that I was enough. It was a weird time in my life where nothing would satisfy my mind. I just couldn’t see myself as valuable - despite how badly I wanted to see it. I had so many conversations where I asked so many questions seeking something that would make me understand my worth. Everything was right there in front of me, but it’s almost like I was blinded to it. I couldn’t comprehend the truth and I wouldn’t believe it.
One day when I was reading Psalm 139, a very classic verse that I’ve read many times before, a line stood out to me in a completely new way.
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
I had never really taken in the second line “…your works are wonderful, I know that full well” and suddenly it spoke to me in such a profound way! I imagined all the beautiful works of God; oceans, sunsets, skies… I knew they were wonderful - I could see it and agree with it. And suddenly, I was on that list of works. God made me and His works are wonderful!
Since that revelation my understanding of my self worth changed drastically. Every moment that I thought something about myself that was negative, I’d realign it with the truth and speak it over myself.. “God’s works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
A less significant but still impactful moment happened through TikTok, which is sort of counter-intuitive for me because I usually find TikTok unhelpful for this stuff, but this was an exception. A video came up on my page where a girl explained a declaration or affirmation she speaks over herself which transformed the way she viewed herself… “my looks are the least interesting thing about me.” I found the statement so powerful! I’m not sure what it is about the wording ‘least interesting’ but it’s really helped to change my perspective.
I still very often have thoughts that creep in and make me question my worth… But in those moments I feel equipped with two declarations of truth to remind myself of. The more I’ve spoken them over myself, the more engrained the truth has become in my mind. Maybe it will be the same for you. What’s your two truths and a lie?