From the Desk
michelle martin
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_text=”Nothing to prove!” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#f16334″ button_border_width=”0px” button_letter_spacing=”2px” button_font=”Montserrat|600||on|||||” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”12px||12px|” animation_style=”fade” hover_enabled=”0″ button_letter_spacing_hover=”2px” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_letter_spacing__hover=”2px” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”About Section” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_color=”#f7f7f7″ custom_padding=”14px||90px|||” custom_margin=”||-213px|||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Section Title” _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”27px|0px|27px|0px” locked=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Montserrat|600||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_font_size=”30px” custom_margin=”||5px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″]Nothing to prove
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”3.2″ max_width=”23px” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ text_font=”Montserrat|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#878787″ text_font_size=”25px” text_line_height=”1.8em” link_font=”||||on|||#f46624|” link_text_color=”#333333″ header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Montserrat|600||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_font_size=”30px” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”800px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||40px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″]I think today the world has filled us with a sense of needing to prove something. How many of you have ever felt the need the prove yourself? From an early age we are taught to prove ourselves. Think about it…
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Service Area” _builder_version=”3.25″ column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″]when we are in school we have to prove that we can make the grades to move to the next. In sports or extracurricular activities we are taught to prove we are good enough to make the team or advance to the next level. Fast forward to adulthood and we must prove that we are capable of getting the job done, we prove we are responsible adults when go to buy things and they look at our credit, we prove we are good citizens by obeying the law. Always proving. But in the end the one approval we should care most about is that of God.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″]Why are we trying to constantly prove ourselves to others? What benefit do we really get from it aside from short term gratification? I think it’s so easy to get caught up in trying to please and prove our worth to others that sometimes we lose ourselves in the equation. We forget our morals, our truths. We start living for others instead of God.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Service Area” _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_margin=”-14px|auto||auto||” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″]In a social media driven world I think the need for acceptance and approval is more prevalent than it has ever been. Not only for the younger generation but the older as well. The majority of post are of happy times and successes. When a failure is posted it is deemed as a pity post. Which, personally I don’t agree with. I think social media has set up a framework for people to post what they want people to see. It’s almost as if we must prove ourselves to the Internet. How many lines, how many followers, how many views. But for what? What are we trying to prove?
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″]I personally get caught up in trying to be a people pleaser, and sometimes I neglect what God wants me to do, and instead I focus on what people want to see and what people want me to do. Remember God made each and everyone of us uniquely. We each have special characteristics. Be true to yourself and embrace the person God made you to be and wants you to be. You don’t need acceptance from others to accept yourself.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.0″ column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.4.0″ type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″]Why are we trying to constantly prove ourselves to others? What benefit do we really get from it aside from short term gratification? I think it’s so easy to get caught up in trying to please and prove our worth to others that sometimes we lose ourselves in the equation. We forget our morals, our truths. We start living for others instead of God.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.4.0″ type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″]God loves you for you and remember you have nothing to prove to anyone but God. God will always love you no matter what flaws you have, no matter how many times you mess up, and he will love you for just being you! So always be true to yourself and don’t let the world tell you otherwise.
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