Longing for Acceptance

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Mar 3, 2022 · 4m

Their opinion meant the world to me. Their acceptance was what I craved. Their attention was what I longed for. I was an outsider with the popular girls. They laughed at me, not with me. They talked about me, not to me. Their rejection was the framework I built my self-worth on. I was nothing to them, so I thought I must be nothing at all. I based my value on others’ opinions and not on God’s. God is the Creator of everything. Adam and Eve found wholeness and acceptance in God’s eyes as they lived in the garden of Eden. Looks, hairstyles, and their lack of clothing did not concern them. It…