Stop Trying to Belong Because You Already Do
When the need for approval and the fear of missing out fade away belonging is as easy as a Sunday morning cup of coffee
Creig Crippin says, “You will see the world by what you carry in your heart.”
Brene Brown says something similar, “If you go through life looking for evidence that you don’t belong, you’ll always find it.”
Belonging is a natural part of our human longing. It’s in our DNA (something about tribal needs for survival) and it’s in our hearts as we long to make sense of what life is about.
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11, NIV)
We are created to belong, the problem is some of us are trying to belong in the wrong places
You belong. I belong. If we didn’t we would not be here. I’m sure of that now, but I wasn’t always.
There are no accidents in creation, no mistakes. If you feel like you don’t belong, perhaps you’ve been looking in the wrong places or believing lies.
I once believed a lie.
