"Why I don't wear Jordan's anymore"

Growing up I loved Jordan's. That's really an understatement. I idolized Jordan's. I had to have them. Even when I knew we were struggling I would still beg and beg for those Jordan's. Why? 

I thought they gave me life. When I put my feet in those Jordan's it came with popularity and so much attention. My self esteem was raised when I put my feet IN Jordan's. 
Jordan's brought validation and it to others it made me cool. 

By the time I turned fourteen I got my first job to start buying my own Jordan's. That's how bad it was. 

Then time passed on a I became an adult. When I put my feet IN those Jordan's nothing changed. I was no longer popular. Nobody cared about the shoes I wore. I had also became my mother at 18 and those Jordan's I could no longer afford. 

But more than anything I realized that those shoes only brought about a false confidence. 

I want to ask you. What shoe, outfit, car, weave, relationship, or job do you put on that brings you false confidence? 

Could you lose all the tangible things in your life and still be confident? 

Could you lose your car and start riding the bus and still be confident? 

Could you lose your job and still be happy and hopeful? 

At one point in my life I would have answered NO to all of those questions.

Back then I had no idea that I was struggling from an identity crisis. In my eyes I thought I was just living and being fly. When in reality I was searching for something to be IN and part of. I was looking for an my identity and validation....

If like me you place who you are IN things you're  bound to fail and find yourself in an identity crisis like I once was. 

Where is your identity come from today? 

Can all of your lovely  things be taken away and you still stand tall? 

If that person in a relationship leaves you will you lose it?

Today my identity has been found through Christ by faith. 

You know what's so great about that? 

No one or nobody can take it away!!! Unless I choose to waver in my faith and put things or people above the hope I have in Christ. 

All I have to do is look up in the sky and see the stars. I serve a God who put the stars in the sky. Who can take that away from me? 

I'm reminded that I can still stand, smile, confident, do all things, have little, have a lot, Jordan's or no Jordan's , and still be AMAZING!!! 

Can you say the same? Or do you only feel valued and confident when you have something or someone? 

My identity is IN Christ today not Jordan's or any tangible thing of this world..... 

Granted I have no issue with Jordan's.

 Wear them all you want just make sure your foundation is CHRIST. GOD. 

Using Romance to assure self image is unstable.  

Using materials to assure self image is unstable. 

What is your confidence in? I pray the answer is the Most High God. 

Signed, 

Lost Girl Saved By Grace

"If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty's hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up. Daniel 3:17,18

P.S. I could totally wear Jordan's but I wouldn't dare spend 200 bucks on a pair of shoes. Not tennis shoes anyway. Lol 

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