Dear Unqualified,

The world hates you. It says you'll never be enough and that you lack the skills and experience necessary for whatever you're trying to achieve. It says that you're unqualified, incompetent, and not intelligent enough. The world wants you to think that no matter how far you go and how hard you try, there will always be a barrier you just can't cross. It tries to tell you that your best is insufficient when compared to the "unachievable" goal you want so desperately to reach.

God loves you. He says that where your human abilities fail you, He never will. You are His child, and He loves you with an unconditional and eternal love that is stronger than death itself. He says that if the world hates you, good. You don't belong to it anyway--you are His. God says that you're more precious than pearls and are the apple of His eye. If you see yourself as unqualified, realize that God Himself will allow you to achieve your dreams despite qualifications. Where you can't take credit, others can see Him through the work He's done in and for you.

I am you. I lived a life of trying to reach goals and always falling short. I was always rejected because I lacked what the world desired. I crippled under the weight of the world and told myself that it was useless--that I was useless. I found that who the world said I could be was nothing when compared to who God had always made me to be. I realized that what made me "unqualified" were the exact qualities that God wanted to use. I discovered hope and passion in a world full of depressing, unattainable standards. I know I can succeed even when the entire world tries to make me fail, for God is always with me and will never leave me; and He is greater than anything this world could ever offer.

Stop letting this world use you, abuse you, and tell you that you're not good enough. The world didn't make you; it doesn't love you; it doesn't even know you. God does. He handmade you and knows so much about you that He can tell you the very number of hairs that are on your head. He loves you so much that He sent His own Son to die just so you could be saved. He destined you for greatness, so why not let Him take you there? This world isn't your home, and it will never be able to give you what God can. God will never leave you feeling broken and alone like this world does. Instead, He will give you peace that surpasses understanding, undying hope, unconditional love, and blessings beyond your wildest dreams.