Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!
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For as long as I can remember, I have been a people pleaser.
I always wanted to get good grades in school. I was paranoid about forgetting something important for class, so I was that middle schooler who always carried around way too many school books “just in case.”
In high school, I was pretty self-conscious about my physical appearance as I was overweight. I tried to ignore it and instead embellished my personality to win others over.
I just wanted to be liked.
Although I have come a long way in the last decade or so, I still struggle with this. I want you, my dear ministry followers, to say, “Yeah, that Sharita girl– she is pretty legit. She knows her stuff. I like her.”
However… as much as I want that, I have also come to terms that not everyone will like me. Not everyone approves of my life choice to marry into the military and use my education to start a ministry, currently working for “Jesus Dollars.” <See also: Free.>
But you know what?? Other people’s opinions of me don’t really matter. And other people’s opinions of you don’t really matter.
Because God’s opinion of us is what really matters… And we are Preapproved in His eyes!
Don’t believe me? That’s great. Then you are the perfect person to check out this Ah-Maz-Ing book that just hit stores a couple of weeks ago.
It. Is. A. Life. Changer. Seriously. “Love Idol” by Jennifer Dukes Lee is just…WOW.
I blazed through this puppy as fast as my eyeballs (and my one-year-old daughter) would let me. At some points, I thought Jennifer had been secretly filming my life.
She get’s it. And what she gets, she shares with us through her incredible book.
“Love Idol” focuses on letting go of our need for approval and seeing ourselves through God’s eyes. Long before we were born, He loved us.
He approves of us. More than we can grasp or imagine.
There were points in this book that gave me goose (God?) bumps. I cried over the last chapters as the powerful truths seeped into the crevices of my approval-seeking soul.
Friends, I am a book nerd. Seriously. Books are kind of like little paper friends to me.
And this book, “Love Idol,” is one of my new best friends.
It is easily one of the best books I have read in my 28 years on this earth. So, due to the awesomeness that is this piece of Jesus literature, I would love to hook one reader up with their free copy. Enter the giveaway below. Winner will be announced next week right here at our #EverydayJesus link up.
Does this sound like a book for you? I sure hope so. Join the conversation below by sharing if/how/where you struggle with seeking approval in you life.
So. Tell your friends. Go get your copy here. Check out the great Love Idol Community. Transform your heart. See yourself through God’s eyes.
Because He loves you. Everyday. From the beginning of time all the way into eternity.
“I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love.” ~Jeremiah 31:3 NIV
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