I remember it clearly, the moment I understood I was divinely and innately worthy, and always had been. This experience of coming to know our worth is different for everyone.
For me, it was during a religious retreat I had been invited to by the Women’s Club at my church. We were nestled in the woods, staying in a retreat cabin away from the realities of everyday life. We had gathered for prayer before dinner our first evening; candles were glowing in the dimly lit room. One of the retreat leaders read the following passage from the bible, a few simple words from Jeremiah that set my soul alight:
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you.”
Truly, in that moment, I felt a wave of pure, unconditional love wash over me. It wasn’t as if I had been devoid of unconditional love; I had received it since birth from my extraordinary parents and family. But this was different. This love was divine in nature and wholly given and present to me. It enabled me to fully understand the depths of my worthiness – just by being a child of God.
This new sense of knowing – that I had always been seen and was sacred, holy and pure in the eyes of God – opened my own eyes and my heart to a new reality: it was not necessary to go through life trying to prove I was worthy – of love, respect, compassion, empathy, being listened to, honored, cared for – I was already worthy of it all.
Furthermore, it was clear that while I may have thought I had been working to prove this to others, in reality I had been seeking to prove it to myself. My own inner self had been holding me hostage, desperate for proof that would finally free me to live in joy. In that moment, in the midst of the wave of overwhelming divine love, the fallacy of all of that became known to me.
I AM WORTHY of everything my heart desires. I always have been.
YOU ARE WORTHY of everything your heart desires. You always have been.
Divinely loved, as you are,
~Lisa
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