Happy Self-Love Sunday my loves!
I hope this past week has been amazing for you all. I hope that this week to come will be even better. There wasn’t a blog last weekend because all of the Super Bowl festivities & my schoolwork completely occupied my time. But I am so excited for you all to read today’s content. So sit back & get your eyes ready to read & enjoy!

I am not sure who needed to see this post today. But the Lord has been reaching out to me these past two weeks since our last blog, literally shouting to me to write about this topic today. And if nothing else, I needed to write this & read this for myself. Sometimes, it can become so easy to praise & uplift others, that we forget to do the same for ourselves. And there is no love like self-love, so we have to take time to love on our selves just as much as we love on others, if not more.

Enough.
A six letter word with such meaning and such impact.
Just because someone else doesn’t see your worth doesn’t mean that you are without worth. Just because things didn’t work out with someone, just because it seems as if everyone has left you, just because you see others settling down, and just because all of these negative thoughts have overtaken your head & heart does not mean that you are not enough. Because you are enough.

The devil fools us into doubting ourselves or feeling as if we are unworthy of so many things. He tricks us into believing we are so small, inadequate, and less than. However, this is not the truth. 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV) says, “God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” So, if God blesses us abundantly in all things at all times, how can we ever lack? How can we ever be less than enough? No matter what it is that you are going through, no matter how you are feeling, you are and will always be more than enough because God declared it as so. When the devil tries to trick you into thinking otherwise, be sure to talk to God, reassure yourself, or whatever you have to do to ensure you are covered & aware of your true worth.

Lately, I have had my share of my own moments when I have doubted myself. I questioned if I was enough based on a number of circumstances, the biggest due to people & the influence they had on my life. I’m constantly categorized as “The girl who _____ (used to be president/dated *insert name*/ spoke at some event/etc).” I may have held those titles (or achieved those accomplishments), but I am not just those titles, they don’t complete me. I am more than those things. I am Janna Alane, a busy and involved individual, and I am more than enough,  Trying to live up to people’s expectations of you, based on titles or whatever, can be hard and draining. But see, you will never please everyone. Everyone will never like you, and that’s life. Do not allow others to control how you feel in regards to yourself. Don’t allow them to fool you into thinking you aren’t enough. I had to take a step back & reevaluate everything. I know myself better than any other person, just as you know yourself. You’re only ever in competition with yourself, and if this isn’t your mindset then maybe you need to reevaluate your life as well. You gotta be team you more than anyone else, because nobody has your back like you will! And nobody knows your worth more than you will.

Today, I want to remind you of this simple, six letter word that leaves such an impact. Enough. No matter what, you are enough and you will always be. And if anyone ever makes you start to doubt yourself & your enough-ness, take a little breather to get yourself together, and remember you all do not have to be in each other’s life. Being enough does not mean that you are perfect, it doesn’t mean that you can not better yourself. But it does mean that you shouldn’t be crying or losing any sleep over the opinion of sheep. Being enough means that you acknowledge your efforts, that you realize you aren’t perfect, yet you love yourself the way you are and aren’t focused on trying to be who the world says you should be. Today, I challenge you to think about the unique things about yourself, to think about those things you love about yourself and embrace your enough-ness. Remember, you are enough, always.