Proud To Be Me

So yesterday I was doing some reminiscing online of my days back in Jr. High & High School. An old friend posted some pictures of me and some friends in Jr. High and it got me thinking about a lot of things. So much so that I even had some crazy dreams about it. The dreams were really good in some respects, you see when I was in Jr. High & High School I had some good friends, but I still always had that desire to be liked and accepted by the “cool kids”. I am not sure why I always strived to be liked by them, it really makes no sense when I look back on it all. I wanted it so bad that at times I would even let them humiliate me just for the chance to hang with them, lame, I know. Maybe it was because of the way I was raised, maybe it was because I was a little chubby, who knows? Everyone has their opinion but even I don’t really know why, I just wanted to be accepted and liked by everyone. Anyway, back to the dream…
we were at some sort of reunion and these same kids were falling right back in to their same habits of being rude and trying to humiliate me, but I was able to rise above it all with none of it affecting me in anyway. I was able to walk away without a care in the world of what these people thought of me.

So whatever insecurities that I have struggled with in my past, today I am proud to be who God has created me to be. I am proud of myself as a son, brother, husband, dad, friend, and a lead worshipper. I am proud to be me and accredit it all to the wonderful truth that Jesus has grabbed a hold of my heart and has changed my life forever!