Living Victoriously

Our Deepest Fear

Nelson Mandela - 1918 - 2013

There is a question of who actually said this quote below... of whether it was Marianne Williamson or Neslon Mandela.  No matter the case, I can truly see that this would be something that would be right up Nelson Mandela's alley, in what he would think, say, and have lived.  For he was all about being who we are called to be and not letting fears have victory over us but being more than conquerors in Christ Jesus. While I don't know much about him, I know and understand that he was truly a great man and God has done great things through him.  His example has been rooted in this world and has touched many lives.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God!

Your playing small

does not serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened and shrinking.

So that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine.

As children do.

We were born to make manifest

the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us.

It's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, 

We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,

our presence automatically liberates others.

~Rest in peace~

Nelson Mandela