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Settin’ My Eyes on the Prize

Tonight I was working on this thing called a ‘brag’ sheet. Basically, it is something that us public school students have to fill out in order for our counselor to write a recommendation for us. It asks a LOT of questions that, quite frankly, I despise answering. For example, “What sets you apart from other students?” or “What are three words to describe yourself?” so on and so forth… you get the picture, right?

Anyway, I was going through all of the questions and copying and pasting each one to Word so I could type my answers out instead of writing (What’s up lazy/perfectionist Cyd?). So I get to number 9 which reads, “What are your weaknesses? Describe any problems or reasons which interfered with your academic achievement.” Now, if you know anything about me, you know that I could go on and on pointing out negatives in myself. On and on. Okay so, i’m copying the question and I go into Word to paste it and IT WON’T PASTE. Don’t ask me why. I tried to get it to paste correctly several times, but it proved to be very stubborn or should I say proved to be very God.

These past couple days I have really struggled with identity. Heck, my whole life I have struggled with identity. “I’m too this…I’m too that” or “I’m not good enough” I have a skewed perception of what I am as a woman of God, BUT with that said, I also have a God that steps in and, for lack of better word/phrase, ‘sets my eyes on the prize’!! Praise Him!!

Thank you Father for stepping in tonight and showing me that I do not need to be focusing on the negatives.

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“Perhaps we don’t like what we see: our hips, our loss of hair, our shoe size, our dimples, our knuckles being too big, our eating habits, our disposition. We have disclosed these things in secret, likes and dislikes, behind doors with locks, our loney rooms, our messy desks, our empty hearts, our sudden bursts of energy, our sudden bouts of depression. Don’t worry. Put away your mirrors and your beauty magazines and your books on tape. There is someone right here who knows you more thank you do, who is making room on the couch, who is fixing a meal, who is putting up your favorite record, who is listening intently to what you have to say, who is standing there with you, face to face, hand to hand, eye to eye, mouth to mouth. There is no space left uncovered. This is where you belong.”

Sufjan Stevens