You are Accepted!!

I was reading my bible this morning and I came across this verse:

"If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it." Genesis 4:7

All of us want to be accepted, especially as youths - true friendship and bonding with friends are the best seasons and memories of our lives. Therefore, we try our best to ensure that our peers really accept us - with that we sometimes force ourselves to like the things our friends like or do the things we don't really like but if we do them, they will like us even more. We don't like the feeling of being left out or being the odd one in the group so we compromise some of our values to fit in.

I have a good news for you - God accepts you for who you are because He is your Heavenly Father. He understands our fears of being alone, being different from some of our friends and also our struggles of wanting to be accepted among our peers..

But, really let us be reminded once again that being accepted in the eyes of God is really more crucial and important in our lives..the reality of life is this: many people will walk in and out of our lives at different seasons, only God will be there to accompany and walk through life's journey till the end.

Let's constantly remind ourselves - if we do what is right, we will surely be accepted. But, if we do what is not right (there are times when all of us fall, even me) - just remember that sin is knocking at the door of our hearts. We just need to find someone who's more mature and who loves us - tell them we are struggling so that they will help us to overcome sin that's knocking on our door. It's ok to be vulnerable in front of them. Why? Our recognition of our vulnerability will eventually make us stronger in that area if we allow someone to help us through it.

Young people, you are loved and appreciated..there are many of us adults who love you and are willing to walk life with you..