1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
No matter what you do, you don't fit in. No matter the amount of make-up you put on, regardless of how fashion forward you are, despite how articulate you are, you don’t fit in. You don’t feel welcome in any space. You don’t know whether it’s because of something you’re doing, or something you’re not. So you began to venture out. Oh you couldn’t wait to leave your mother’s house (post High School graduation) because you knew that when you got to college that you would be able to live life on your own terms. You knew that you would be able to come in contact with thousands of individuals who never knew you, and recreate yourself. You were excited to reinvent yourself, to spiritually sign yourself up for a social experiment just to find out that although people are accepting of the persona that you portray, you feel uncomfortable. Every day you catch yourself slipping further and further away from the core of who you are, all because you’ve changed, and you’re the one to blame.
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