I am a middle child in a family of nine. Ever since childhood, I am always seeking attention – from my family, with my friends, at school and even at work. Even in my married life now, I compete for attention against my husband’s work. It’s difficult because, I always have to prove myself just to be noticed to the point that I have to pretend to be somebody else. I have to please other people in order for them to accept me.

For four decades, I live my life like that. But this time that I am in my mid-forties. I contemplate a lot, especially during this pandemic season. One of my realizations was that I don’t have to prove myself to other people or even to my own family and spouse. Why? because the Bible and the online fellowships I watch says this: That I am a Child of GOD. And If I am a child of GOD, the conversation is over. It means I am a princess…because LORD JESUS ​​CHRIST is King of the Universe. He alone created the heavens and the earth and everything on earth. And because he is the Great Creator and I became his child when he laid down his life to redeem me from sin by crucifixion, it means …I am made from high standards and not of some cheap stuff … I am authentic, not fake, not low class or an imitation … because of this, I have to live accordingly to how he created me – as an authentic, first-class version of myself … I have nothing to prove to other people anymore, but I must reflect what I really am, the way HE sees me – in the image of GOD the FATHER in heaven …. Not just me, but all of us who submit to him, follow him and trust in him as the one and only living GOD.