“Baddie” Culture isn’t My Thing. Walking with God Is.

I saw this and it made me think…

Jesus didn’t say “believe in yourself.”

He said, “deny yourself, pick up your cross, and follow me.”

(Matthew 16:24)

I always hear people saying, “do you,” “be a baddie,” “I don’t chase, I attract,” “choose yourself.”

But Jesus tells me to:

• trust Him

• follow Him

• rely on Him

To deny yourself means:

• letting go of ego, pride, and self-will

• surrendering the false self built on fear, control, and attachment

• choosing God’s will over “what feels good in the moment”

• self-surrender

I think instead of making it all about me,

I need to start thinking:

• God believes in me

• rely on Him, not myself

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

(Philippians 4:13)

Not through myself, through Christ.

In a world telling me to “be a baddie,”

I think that often hides a fear of being hurt, a need to stay guarded, powered as self-protection.

God doesn’t ask me to harden myself.

He asks me to love without armor, which to me is braver.

Saint Therese didn’t “protect her energy.”

She gave herself in LOVE and trusted God to be her protector.

That’s not weakness. That’s faith.

The saints weren’t “that girl.” They were God’s girls.

Believe in yourself vs. Trust the One who made you

The world says:

“You are enough.”

The Gospel says something deeper:

“You are loved, and God is enough.”

“When I am weak, then I am strong.”

(2 Corinthians 12:10)

I don’t need this unshakable confidence.

I need dependence, which the world hates, but heaven loves.

A whole new way of thinking, but I know it’s the way God wants me to be.