I was caught up in the ways of the world...a slave to my own habits...I hated the person I had become...I had lost all hope and all desire to continue...continue trying, loving, hating, breathing...nobody understood me, my life, my sadness...my desire to sink into the earth for all eternity...I hated my looks, my voice, my thoughts...my only joy was in the notion that I may not wake up the following morning.

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-I am worthless........................."I am chosen by God and precious to him!"--1 Pet. 2-4
-I am stupid............................"...you are so wise in Christ!--1 Cor. 4:10"
-I am eternally lost....................God sent His Son to save us all!--Jn. 3:16
-I am wounded..........................."...by his wounds we are healed."--Is. 53:5
-I've been betrayed.....................Our Savior knows our sorrows.--Ps 22
-I am afraid............................"I will fear no evil, for you are with me."--Ps. 23:4
-I am a failure........................."...for everyone born of God overcomes the world."--1 Jn. 5:4
-I am unattractive...................I am fearfully and wonderfully made!--Ps. 139:14
-I cannot be forgiven........"In him we have redemption through his blood..."--Eph. 1:7
-Nobody understands.................. "He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering."--Is. 53:3