You know...there are moments when people don't believe in you, and you really know it. Little things, here and there, the way people say things, the tone they use in that "oh there, there" type of sing-songy phrase...I think at one time or another, we've all been there.
If you are there today, tonight, let me encourage you...those people don't determine your destiny and they don't have the clout to change God's mind about who He made you to be and what He called you to do. The condescending tones are theirs alone, not God's, so treat them as such. Don't hate, don't lash out. Resist the urge to fire back a sarcastic comment that calls out what they are doing as a "lack of faith" or arrogant judgment on what God has for you. But also, don't let yourself believe the lie that they hold your future in their hands.
They may look down on you, yeah, but that's not because they are towering over you looking down in superiority, that's because their vision is too small and they don't have the strength to tilt their own heads high enough to see what God has in store. Hang in there... don't give up.
Just some off the cuff stuff that is worthy of the "off brand" name... low cost, basic & pretty black-n-white.
