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Real Success

"Real success in the kingdom of God is not about being strong and looking good and knowing all the right answers. It's about continually yielding oneself to Jesus and determining to take purposeful little steps of obedience, and the ragged reality that it's all about God and His grace at work in us. . . I have to get my worth from Christ and Christ alone."  -Choosing to See; Mary Beth Chapman

My Worth Comes From Christ and Christ Alone

I've been reading Mary Beth Chapman's book " Choosing to See ". I feel as if I have walked through the tragic loss of their sweet Maria with them. Her book has been touching as well as challenging. She shares the story that God has been writing for her from the time she was young by opening up about her perfectionist tendencies, her battle with depression, and her honest thoughts and emotions in regards to the devastating accident that took the life of her youngest daughter and deeply affected her son. The following quote was from the chapter where Mary Beth writes about her depression. But these things she shares are true in general and something I want to remember. (Trials) are "an opportunity to acknowledge to God that He (is) literally my only hope. In the darkest, loneliest times in the middle of the night, I realized that Christ is truly all I have. I realized that everything else - everything - is fleeting. If I put my security or peace of mind in my...