MISFIT TO MASTERPIECE

Have you ever felt like you just don’t fit in? Like no matter what you do, it’s never quite good enough? That feeling is hard to shake. It lingers. It nags at your soul.

I know that feeling. I lived it daily through my teenage years and beyond. I lived in my head. I wondered. I brushed it off. I regurgitated and ruminated. But mostly, I felt confused. Why didn’t I belong?

As I walked through life, I began to recognize that same pain in others. Sadly, I felt unqualified to reach out. It was like an invisible pane of glass separated us. I strove for perfection but always fell short, setting impossible goals for myself.

Rejection wasn’t the only weight I carried. Beneath the surface, I was also fighting  other battles that I didn’t always understand. I’ve faced serious health challenges throughout my life. Heart problems. A stroke. Ongoing issues I’m still learning to navigate. These things take a toll. Physically, yes, but emotionally and spiritually too.

Pain has a way of compounding. Whether it’s the ache of being misunderstood, the struggle to feel better, or the lingering question of “why me?”, it all adds up. It weaves a kind of loneliness that’s hard to describe.

My self-image became the monster I wrestled with. That crushing sense that something inside me was fractured beyond repair. It’s a terrible way to live.

I searched for answers. I looked in books. I looked to people. But the truth always felt just out of reach. Loving yourself feels impossible when you don’t believe you belong. Family and friends can help, but when life feels meaningless, it’s hard to break free.

Over the years, I’ve come to see that the root of a distorted self-image is often a tangled mix of pain and lies about who we really are. Not just in those who are hurting, but in those who hurt others too. We’re all misfits in our own way, aching for something more.

God has been part of my life for many years, and I prayed for the miracle I wanted. The kind I imagine many hope for. God answers, but not always in the way we expect. He often speaks in a still and quiet voice. Over time, God has shown me that He wants to take each of us from Misfit to Masterpiece.

Have I arrived? Enough to no longer feel lost, confused, or unloved. I now see what I couldn’t before. You and I are God’s workmanship, created with purpose and beauty.

The amazing thing is, the more I accepted this truth, the more clearly I began to see the same divine design in others. We were never meant to stay misfits.

Join me on the journey of uncovering the masterpiece we were created to be.