Powerful !

Is there anyone who doesn't doubt at times, like perhaps:

• doubt that there is any way God can love you?
• doubt that you are worth anything?
• doubt that you will end up in heaven?
• doubt that you can overcome those dark areas in your life?
• doubt that you are worthy?
• doubt that you can be saved?

Those kind of doubts are valid doubts, healthy doubts if you will, of every normal man who wakes up breathing in the morning.  That is especially true of men who have chosen to join the struggle of trying to grow into Christ followers.  In a way, there is nothing wrong with those doubts, because they are indicative of the thoughts of a man who is fully aware of his past and present and is continually striving for further growth in his walk.

Sometimes those doubts might lead us to look toward God and just wonder "how can you love a man like me"?  Each and every one of us has a "story", and in each story there are chapters we are not proud of.  As we continue to grow, no matter our stage in life, into better men, husbands, and fathers, we continue to discover that we need affirmation that we are indeed worthy, that those chapters in our lives don't matter if we don't continue to lengthen them.  We can learn from that affirmation that it is those chapters themselves that provide us with wonderful stepping stones toward building a new past.

That affirmation can come from a multitude of sources....the Word, men's groups, trusted friends with who we share our deepest and darkest selves, and the list goes on.  Music, too can provide that affirmation, such as THIS.