My struggles

I have been going through a period of self doubt and soul searching and have been struggling with feelings of inadequacy and of worthlessness. Our struggles with ourselves are often more dramatic than our confrontation with others. We are designed and fashioned in the image of God. And yet we are marred by the promise of the Eden fruit: "Ye shall be as gods." On the one hand, we consciously desire to obey the will of God. On the other, we are torn by our human will to create safety, power, and pleasure for ourselves. Nothing short of submission to His higher calling brings the powerful struggle to an end.

Revelation 12:11
11They overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death.

The only real peace we can know lies in the heartfelt declaration: "Not my will but Thine be done."