Insecurity is a lack of confidence which fully describes where I was. I lacked confidence in being a friend, a writer, and doing most things. I wanted so badly to be perfect and to have it all together that I failed to realize that I already had all that I needed. Jesus is the friend that sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24), and HE LIVES IN ME, so I’m empowered to be a good friend. That doesn’t mean I’ll be perfect, but it does mean that God will work in me and with me to be the best friend I can be. And with His help, I can’t fail!

While I’m sure this has been the case since life began, something I’ve noticed in recent years is the disqualification of opinions—wrong opinions or the opinions that don’t line up with the majority. If one person felt strongly that every person on the face of the earth should like coffee and that there’s no reason not to, I can almost guarantee that they’d stop at nothing to let their opinion be known. And if not agreed with, I think it’s safe to say that shots would be fired.