Annie

Annie grew up believing she was never good enough.
She was never picked to play on the kickball team.
Actually, she lost all the playground games.
She managed to begin various activities;
track, tennis, piano, chess, etc.
She never made the cut.
She never made the team.

But little Annie grew older.
The playground games diminished.
The stakes grew larger.
Suddenly it was her boyfriend kicking her to the curb.
Her boss telling her she wasn't performing satisfactory work.


Annie remembered the lessons she learned as a child.
She lived them out in her daily life.
No, she wasn't good enough so she wouldn't try.
If she did try, she would always just wind up being hurt.
Easier to just accept the status quo.

Every time she decided to try, she would fall right back on the ground.
At night she would cry into her pillow. As the tears would flow,
she wondered why.

One night she heard a voice calling out to her -
Annie - I have given you a new name.
You will forever now be known as Anne
You didn't feel accepted as Annie, though you were my beloved child.
Feel the love in your new name that I have given you.

Stop looking to the left and to the right.
Your acceptance is found here.
I CHOSE you.
You are my child.

And with these simple words, Anne never looked back.
She never looked to the right or to the left.
She knew the tragedies in life but would no longer find worth in them.
Her worth was found in a Father's never ending love.