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Day 3 – Believe in Yourself

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I think we all, at some point in our lives, struggle with believing in ourselves. It may be believing we can pass a test, or not. Maybe it’s playing a solo in a concert you have worked up for absolutely ages. Maybe you struggle to believe you are a good parent, or that you are good at your job. 

For a long time, I didn’t believe in myself very well. I kept comparing myself to other people thinking they could do a better job than me…at anything! This sounds like I don’t have a problem anymore, doesn’t it? 

Actually, if I’m being honest, I still do have a problem with believing in myself.  However, I believe in myself more than what I use to. This doesn’t mean I’m not going to fail at anything, because believe me, I will. 

That’s ok though.

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation. Joel Osteen

The only way we are able to develop what we have is to keep on trying…even when we fail! I never thought I would hear myself say this, but failing at something is good. It means we get to learn something and get better at it. And when we do get better at it, it helps to remove the unwanted self doubt and gives us the sense of belief in ourselves that we need. 

Do you see the positive cycle starting to develop?

Fail at something

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study what you failed

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try it again (maybe even practice)

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make more mistakes

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learn some more! 

Each time this cycle goes round and round, and you start getting better and better. 

Believe in yourself! 

You are reading day 3 of the Write 31 Days Challenge in conjunction with The Five Minute Friday Community. Today’s word prompt is ‘Believe’.

Faith, Five Minute Friday

Collect your apples and use them

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I have 4 apple trees in my back garden. Each year they produce an amazing amount of apples. You would think now that I would tell you about the amazing amount of food that I am able to bake from all those apples.

Well, for those of you that know me, I’m not really much of a baker. It takes time and energy, both of which I have little of. I have grand thoughts of what I would like to bake though, and they look stunning in my mind – it just never reaches the plate!

What happens to the apples then? Well, I never collect them. I leave them to rot or to be eaten by the birds. Not intentionally though. Like I mentioned earlier, I’ve already cooked all these apples in my mind! I just never get around to collecting them though.

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I went out into the garden yesterday and saw how delicious the apples looked, and again thought to myself that this year I must not waste them. Even if I don’t collect them for myself, I’m sure that I have a friend or two that would make use of them.

Daniel 4:12
Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, And the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches, and all living creatures fed themselves from it.

An apple tree was designed to bear fruit. Why then waste what is provided from it if it can bring about further good things. If you have a fruit tree in your garden, why not collect the fruit from the tree so that you can multiply it and give good things to others. Or, give the fruit to other people so that they can multiply it and give good things to others too.

This is the same with our own lives. Each of us has unique qualities and gifts that we can bring to the world. It’s how we use them that makes a difference to people’s lives.

Something to think about…

Do you bear fruit that can bring about good to others? Think about the gifts and qualities that you have and see how you can implement them to help others.

Prayer

Lord, I thank you that you have created each of us for a specific purpose. Help us to realise what gifts we have so that we can bring about a difference into other people’s lives. Amen.

You are reading a Five Minute Friday word prompt. This is hosted by Kate Motaung and is where a group of people write about a given word for that week. The word prompt write is “collect”. (Everything before the line break shows what I wrote in five minutes.) If you are interested in taking part or reading other people’s inspiring writes, then hop on over to the site.