Giving up striving

Have you ever felt you had to strive to gain people's acceptance or liking? That you had to always do something so people would think well of you? I find it so exhausting to chase after people thinking good of you all the time. That is a form of "fear of men". The Bible says the fear of men is a snare.  I sensed Him say...

"STAY WITH ME MY DARLING, BEAUTIFUL ONE. YES, I FIND YOU BEAUTIFUL TOO. I SEE BEAUTY VERY DIFFERENTLY AND I DO FIND YOU BEAUTIFUL. YOU ARE ATTRACTIVE TO ME, NOT LIKE OTHERS JUDGE ATTRACTIVENESS. I JUST WANTED TO LOVE ON YOU AND TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU AND FIND YOU ATTRACTIVE. I LIKE IT THAT WAY. I LIKE YOU. YOU ARE MINE FOREVER". 

"YOU WOULD WANT OTHERS TO THINK OF YOU A CERTAIN WAY IF YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THEY THINK THAT WAY OF YOU. STRIVING COMES FROM WORKING HARD, MAKING SURE YOU CAN GET THEM TO THINK A CERTAIN WAY OF YOU. YOU CAN'T CONTROL HOW PEOPLE THINK OF YOU NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU WORK AT IT. YET YOU DON'T HAVE TO STRIVE TO MAKE ME ACCEPT YOU ANY MORE THEN I DO ALREADY OR FIND YOU ANYMORE ATTRACTIVE THEN I DO ALREADY. I JUST DO. I JUST ACCEPT YOU, FLAWS AND ALL. IN FACT, I DON'T PONDER ON THE FLAWS, JUST BECAUSE CHRIST ALREADY PAID FOR THEM. THIS UNSATISFIED HUNGER FOR APROVAL DOESN'T CHANGE, NO MATTER WHAT ACTIVITY YOU DO BECAUSE IT IS AT THE CORE OF YOUR BEING.  YOU VALUE PEOPLE THINKING HIGHLY OF YOU WHEN REALLY, YOU CANT EVER CONTROL THAT. AND WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF THEY DONT THINK HIGHLY OF YOU. WHAT IF THEY THOUGHT THE OPPOSITE? DOES THAT AFFECT HOW I SEE YOU? DOES THAT TAKE AWAY FROM MY ACCEPTANCE OF YOU? I WANT YOU TO RELAX IN ME SO MUCH THAT THE STRIVING CEASES. WHO CARES WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU? I NEEDED TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS AT THE CORE OF YOUR BEING THAT I WANT TO SET YOU FREE OF. I WANT YOU TO BE FREE. IT IS NOT THAT I HAVE NOT SET YOU FREE YET. YOU REALIZE NOW THAT I ALREADY HAVE. IT IS YOU WHO HAVEN'T ACCEPTED MY FREEDOM AS YET, AND MY WORK I HAVE DONE TO SET YOU FREE. THIS IS NOW A FORMAL INVITATION. WILL YOU NOW ACCEPT MY WORK I HAVE DONE ONCE AND FOR ALL FOR YOU? I HAVE SENT MY SON TO DIE FOR YOUR SINS. YOU ARE SET FREE AND THAT MAKES ME SEE YOU AS VERY ATTRACTIVE. I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND YOU ATTRACTIVE AND ALWAYS WILL. WILL YOU ACCEPT MY VIEW TODAY? COME TO ME MY DARLING. THERE TRUELY IS NO MORE REASON TO FIGHT FOR APPROVAL. THERE IS NO MORE REASON TO STRIVE. IT DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR VALUE NOR YOUR ATTRACTIVENESS TO ME. I AM YOUR GOD WHO FINDS YOU DEEPLY ATTRACTIVE, MORE THEN ANY HUMAN BEING WILL EVER, EVER FIND YOU ATTRACTIVE AND WORTHY. YOUR WORTH IS IN ME. CAN YOU RELAX NOW?"