When you were younger, did you play dress up? I did. I put my tiny little feet into my mom's shoes and draped her long string of pearls around my neck and would toddle around the house, waiting for so much as a knick in the carpet to knock me right over in those heels that were at least five times the size of my six-year-old foot. So even though a slight breeze could have knocked me right over, I'd still slip on those shoes whenever I could. Why, though? If I knew I could fall, why was I trying at all? I think I hoped each time I put them on that maybe my feet would have magically grown, and now they would fit me.

Right now, in the present day, I feel like I'm still facing the same dilemma. Only instead of trying to walk around in my mom's heels and pearls and trying not to fall, I feel like tumbling around in the real world, trying not to mess up. I feel as though I'm dressing up like the women I look up too, but there is no way on earth I measure up to them. This whole thing has got me feeling pretty inadequate. Like who do I think I am, signing up to lead a bible study when I struggle every day with things like forgiveness? Or who am I to try and speak truth to others when I feel like I can't even hear truth myself sometimes? I feel like a little six-year-old, just tripping around in grown up shoes, trying not to fall down.

I don't know exactly what was prompting me to put those heels on each time I did, risking tripping and falling, but I think it was nothing more complicated than this: I loved it. And now, I've come to love sharing the gospel with others. And here's some great news friends. Nowhere in the bible does God say, "Only share my word if you are perfect." Never does He say "Only speak about me when you are sinless." And He sure as heck never told anyone "You are only fit to share my story when you have your life entirely together."

What He does say is this: "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent. (Acts 18:9)" He does tell us to "go and make disciples of all of the nations. (Matthew 28:18)" He knows me in every weakness, through every flaw, and yet He still wants ME to go and share the good news of the gospel with others. What an amazing thing that is.

So maybe I'm no longer a child, toddling around in grown-up shoes. Maybe this is exactly where He wants and needs me to be. And perhaps He has you exactly where you need to be. So don't hold back, and stop hesitating. Wherever you are, you've been given this moment. Share the Lord's love, speak truth into others, and do what you love in His name; I promise, you are far more than adequate.