Wonderfully Made//Orchid

Sometimes the truth about yourself reaches your heart easily, sometimes it takes time.

And for me the truth that I’m wonderfully made is one of those truth that takes a little longer to sink in than usual.

I don’t think I’m alone in this, but one moment you can feel and you know that you are indeed a work of art and another moment (especially when you slip up) the condemning voice comes again and tells you ‘hey, you’re not good enough’.

Growing up in an Asian culture, there is something added to the mix – and that is the false humility that seems like humility, complicating the matter altogether. It seems a lot more decent and humble in my culture to say – ‘aah I’m not that great’ than to say ‘ I’m wonderfully made’.

But I’m learning that to say ‘I’m wonderfully made’ is to attribute praise to my Creator. To cherish who He has created me to be is to value the workmanship of the Greatest Artist in the world.

Yes, I have flaws, I make mistakes. None of us are perfect. But when we realise that the Creator is also a Redeemer and a Restorer, I can truly say – I am wonderfully made, intricately woven, loved and cherish.

And when I say that, something lights up in me. I don’t need to be the best or the strongest or the greatest, I can be me, and can be comfortable being me because that’s who I was created to be.