Your identity, how you treat yourself, and how it affects the way others see you.

For school, we're reading Kris Vallotton's book Purity: The New Moral Revolution.

I just got done reading chapter 3, and I was totally convicted. And now, I've never had sex with anyone (that's what a lot of you are probably thinking when "purity" comes up, and yes, that is a big part of it and a part of this book), and I'm glad I haven't. I want to wait for the right woman. That's not to say I haven't always been pure in my thoughts, I'll admit I haven't.

I just finished reading chapter 3 in this book. A lot of this chapter talks a lot about how you see yourself, and how you treat yourself.

I realized I have not been treating myself as the person that God says I am. I am a child of God, a son of the most high king! And I've treated myself as much less.

When I do this, I tend to gain friends who aren't quite the type of friends God intends for me to have. I wonder why people aren't wanting to be my friends. Now yes, there are snobbish people who will just never be your friend for whatever reason, but I need to take an honest look. Where does a big part of the problem lie? A big part of it is in me, when I don't treat myself like I'm royalty. Do I love myself? I'm not talking about in a selfish way, but in a way where I take care of myself right. What does my room look like right now? Honestly, it's a mess. I'm a prince. I'm a son of the most high king! Why have I treated myself this way? As far as eating habits, I admit I haven't always been eating right, and that's a difficult one for me. I am exercising more, so that's a start.

In my actions, do I love myself like I should? Do I really believe I'm worthy of others to like me? My actions don't show it a lot of the time, and it's no wonder I don't have the friends that I want.

OK, here in Redding, I have made some amazing friends.  God has given me people who I consider to be the greatest friends I've ever had. These friends see the gold in me, and through the combination of my most amazing friends and reading Kris Vallotton's book, tonight I am convicted.

I must start treating myself like I'm a prince. I must respect myself more. I need to treat myself like the person God says I am.

God totally rocked me through Chapter 3 of Purity: The New Moral Revolution. Until now, this was just another good book. Now, it's not just another good book. It's not even just another really good book. God is using it to change the way I live my life.