You Are Enough

Tonight, I need to hear these words, too.

Are you enough for what you have? Did you deserve it?

Sometimes those questions come up when something good happens. A door opens. Someone loves you well. You finally get something you’ve hoped for, and before you can enjoy it, you start wondering if someone else deserved it more.

I’m learning to say thank you and let the good thing be good. I can be grateful for what I have and take care of it without asking it to prove anything about me.

Some nights I lie down and start adding up what I got done. I can remember the one thing I forgot faster than I can remember the five things I managed to do. And somehow, before I know it, I’ve turned a list of unfinished things into a list of what’s wrong with me.

Maybe you do that, too. Maybe you had to ask for help today, and it took more out of you to ask than anyone could see. Maybe you sat in the car for a minute before going inside because you needed one place where nobody wanted anything from you.

I think about sitting at the piano when I have no words left. Sometimes I play a few chords and let the last one ring. I can sit there for a while after the sound is gone. The things I was worried about are still there when I get up. But for those few minutes, I remember that God is right there with me, and I can let Him love me as I am.

If you’ve been holding yourself together all day, I hope you get a moment like that tonight. Let the dishes wait if they need to. Tell somebody you could use a little company if you do. Give yourself the kindness you’d offer someone you love.

You are enough, even on a day you wish had gone differently. I’m saying that to myself tonight, too.

This is DeVaughn — bringing it home.