Comments on: Seeing Ourselves as Others Do

By: Lisa Young

Lisa Young — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:47:45 +0000

Wow – great post, Jen! (You are SO intrepid!)

By: Julie Dowd

Julie Dowd — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:27:35 +0000

Very thoughtful post Jennifer. One of the things I pray for is to see myself the way God sees me and to see others in the same way. I’ve realized some pretty interesting things with God’s help!

By: JenDeshler

JenDeshler — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:38:58 +0000

Dan!!

How are you? It’s so great to hear from you–would love to catch up with you guys.

Thanks for the kind words…Lord knows I’ve had some great teachers

By: JenDeshler

JenDeshler — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:36:28 +0000

Hi Leon,

Great addition! It’s not enough to just be made in His image, but to see how much He loves us.

By: JenDeshler

JenDeshler — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:35:26 +0000

Hi Pat,

I’m so proud of you–what a great story to share with others about overcoming that fear and growing to be someone others want to emulate. What a blessing!

By: JenDeshler

JenDeshler — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:33:59 +0000

Hi Susan,

Thanks for stopping by. I am really enjoying WordPress and had a great friend help me update my blog to this amazing look. You can go into WordPress and click on themes to see lots of choices, or do a search online for themes you can download.
I tend to care about what others thinks too much, as well. One day at a time, right?

By: JenDeshler

JenDeshler — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:31:30 +0000

Hi Dennis,

I’m glad it helped. I’m looking forward to reading your blog.

Make it a great day!

By: Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:41:36 +0000

Jennifer….
This made my day! True, years have passed….but YOU are amazing! What fun to read of your wisdom/lessons learned.
I think I hear JP buttons bursting!
Onward Girl!
Dan (as in Johnson)
(very nice format here!)

By: Leon de Rijke

Leon de Rijke — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:36:28 +0000

Good post and thanks for sharing! I’m thinking of an addition:

#5 Look in the mirror. See yourself in God’s eyes, your identity in Jesus Christ. (Read all Scriptures telling about “in Christ…”.)

By: Pat Alexander

Pat Alexander — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:58:30 +0000

Jennifer, this is an awesome post. Like you, for so many years I had that big fear of failure, fear that I was not as smart as my co-workers, and on and on. At one of my employers there came a point that we needed to put on a “road show” of our products. I was the most knowledgeable and the administrator of the product, thus I became the program facilitator and primary presenter.

I was forced to do something I was not very good at and felt very insecure about. After a few of these I became confident with my knowledge and built my self confidence in presenting. That doesn’t mean that all of my insecurities have gone away, but I know how to put on the face of confidence, a bright smile and share my knowledge. I have had people tell me that would like to be a poised and confident as I am. If they only knew the mind trash that goes on just before a presentation they wouldn’t say that.

The last thing I try to think before I am introduced is “If you knew you couldn’t fail what would you do?” I am 62 and continue to be a work in progress. Take #2 in your list to heart and forge on.