This is a reminder of who you are for when your eyes feel heavy from weariness, when your arms feel weak from loneliness. A reminder for when you are full of joy, when you are smiling, when laughter fills your lungs. A reminder for when you need encouragement, when you feel like you are not enough. A reminder to mend your broken heart and heal your open wounds; a reminder to still your raging storms and bring peace over what you cannot control:

You were made by the God who cradles the stars in his hands, the one who commands the wind to be still and who paints the sunset across the horizon each night. The one who fills even the depths of the ocean with beauty, and who vastly decorates the fields with the splendor of spring each year. You are the object of his affection; a million galaxies could never compare to the magnitude of his love for you, and the glory of the sun as it rises each morning could never outshine the grace he has for you.

You are not your pain, your brokenness, your shame, and your shortcomings. You are a child of God. You are more than enough. There is nothing you could ever do that would cause him to look at you with anything less than compassion and love. The creator of all things, who has everything in control, chose you and cares for you immensely. He is waiting for you to choose him and find your identity in him.

According to Scripture:

• You were created in God’s own image. (Genesis 1:27)
• God will fight for you. (Exodus 14:14)
• God is on your side, you need not fear. (Psalms 118:6)
• God is with you and will strengthen you. (Isaiah 41:10)
• You are redeemed. (Isaiah 44:22)
• You are known by God. (Jeremiah 1:5)
• God will take care of you, you need not worry. (Matthew 6:25-33)
• Your sin is overcome by God’s grace. (Romans 6:14)
• Nothing can separate you from God’s love. (Romans 8:38-39)
• God is rich in mercy and loves you deeply. (Ephesians 2:4)
• You are a child of God. (1 John 3:1)

I encourage you to turn to these truths and read them word for word. Read them and repeat them and know them until they echo in the place in your heart that tries to convince you otherwise. Let them resonate and overflow into every part of you that carries pain and feels broken. Let them destroy every one of your doubts with a resounding, "I am a child of God."