Freedom and Pink Skater Shoes

Have you ever said this to someone?

"Oh those shoes are so cute! But I could never pull them off though."

I know that I have said this a lot. I love to encourage people and tell them they look nice or their clothes are really cute. A Few months ago I saw a teen girl with the coolest pink skater shoes I had ever seen. So I made a point to tell her how awesome her shoes were, but I added the "I could never pull those off" bit. 

A minister friend was standing there and when she heard me say the “but” she looked up at me and said something that as changed the way I think about myself, how I dress and well… everything! She said:

"You could defiantly pull those off, because you are confident!”

I didn’t have a reply, I had been saying this for years and now with that simple statement I was undone on the inside. I kept what she said close to my heart and let it change the way I think how I view clothes and myself. I thought I was doing good by encouraging others, but I was stabbing myself at the same time with words of self doubt. I would see something and think man that is so pretty, but think I just can’t do it. Why do we say that? This is a mind set of lack, unbelief…captivity.

When we are in Christ we are set free, and we can have all the confidence in the world. I mean we are royalty! Have you ever seen royalty walk around without confidence? No, they radiate it. And that is what we were meant to do. We cannot walk around with self doubt as Christians.

“So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery…” Galatians 5:1

When Christ died for us He made it so that we could be totally free. A lot of times I think that we get tied back up into slavery. I am a confident person, but I wasn't being confident in my whole person. We are called to be free in every area of life even in the things we wear (God is into fashion Exodus 28).

So try those shoes or that new style.  You are confident; you’re amazing your royalty. So basically, start acting like it. We should be walking around as the most confident people on the planet. People can tell…they can see it! So shine in every area in life!

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