tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post2639585135841664947..comments2024-01-31T02:59:37.136-05:00Comments on laurennicolelove.com: My Los Angeles-Induced Identity Crisislaurennicolelove.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264637166517789918noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-80639434812468282352012-01-22T16:31:41.360-05:002012-01-22T16:31:41.360-05:00Lauren, this is so beautiful. For years I have st...Lauren, this is so beautiful. For years I have struggled to see myself as Christ sees me. I just keep seeing my flaws and where I fall short. I forget my success and that I was created for great and beautiful things. Now that I can see the truth, I want to share it with everyone. Thanks also for including the Bible passage from Isaiah. I so need to hang those verses up next to my mirrorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-18977447415137461342011-08-31T17:48:06.667-04:002011-08-31T17:48:06.667-04:00Great post. I live in LA, and always have. I worke...Great post. I live in LA, and always have. I worked in the fashion industry in Hollywood for 2 years, and I met this head on everyday. Everyone wants to be a someone and yet they are so uncomfortable in the skin they're in. So was I. It's hard to live in a city where the messages all around you are "not good enough". And I know that when I take my eyes off of Christ, the current swiftly carries me down stream. Life here for me as a devoted follower of Christ, is a constant upstream fight, against a horribly strong current; where being a Christian is especially hard, for women and young girls alike, because of how incredibly abnormal it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-84341841960208367772011-08-15T23:47:52.189-04:002011-08-15T23:47:52.189-04:00Thank you so much for this post! As the others hav...Thank you so much for this post! As the others have said it is so easy for us ladies here to get steamrolled by pop culture and everything they constantly do to bring us down. Only recently have I begun taking small steps away from self-hatred, and insecurity and all things this culture has told me I am not but yet need to be or else I will never be of value. But God says different and that is something I need to be reminded of constantly. So thank you for sharing your heart with us! It is so encouraging.Alicia Theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801940137478820465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-84719544631294299672011-08-15T12:14:58.390-04:002011-08-15T12:14:58.390-04:00Hi Lauren! I just recently found your blog, and I...Hi Lauren! I just recently found your blog, and I'm so glad I did! I think I was meant to read this post. Last week I posted something on my blog about how I continually struggle between who pop culture says I should be and who the Bible says I am. This was just what I needed to read! Thank you for posting this! Im definitely going to be a regular reader!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-33315496097477617362011-08-12T15:38:27.404-04:002011-08-12T15:38:27.404-04:00Thank you so much for posting this! I shared it wi...Thank you so much for posting this! I shared it with my friends on FB. I always enjoy your writing because I find it so relevant to my own life.Cori H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07668113523637762030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-61645124578340967412011-08-11T10:02:06.493-04:002011-08-11T10:02:06.493-04:00Aww, Lauren, you are so sweet. And a very talented...Aww, Lauren, you are so sweet. And a very talented writer. I don't share posts very often, but I will def share this one on FB. I can feel your love. <br />XO,<br />VictoriaVictoria Dubinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-1501831891074210262011-08-10T19:39:29.144-04:002011-08-10T19:39:29.144-04:00Thank you for this, Lauren. I have always struggle...Thank you for this, Lauren. I have always struggled with this, and even wrote my own blog post about it recently. If you're interested: <br /><br />http://ofloveandbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/07/envy-because-other-people-just-seem-to.html<br /><br />I so appreciate your honesty! You are beautiful.Rachel Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078855022067049375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-37296026511332091342011-08-09T16:54:10.840-04:002011-08-09T16:54:10.840-04:00I love that you're focusing on identity! My ch...I love that you're focusing on identity! My church has recently emphasized our identity in Christ alone and has strenghtened us with these versus:<br />1 Peter 2: 9-10<br />"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."<br /><br />Our identity is a grand one, a holy one, a royal and chosen one that has a purpose: to proclaim HIS excellencies! <br />So thank you for doing this! <br /><br />Sincerely, <br />~A woman of God, A first time reader that has recently moved away from LA, that has an amazing friend in Australia that encouraged me to read this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-85253658413390872892011-08-08T12:15:21.516-04:002011-08-08T12:15:21.516-04:00this is so beautiful, and i needed desperately to ...this is so beautiful, and i needed desperately to hear it. it actually took me a few days to read and read again before i could truly process it and let it sink in.<br /><br />i think i've been in an identity crisis for a long time, and sometimes when you're in that place it's hard to see a reason to get up and keep trying, keep fighting for who God says you are. but i want to really know what you're writing about. i want to be confident in who God says i am. i want to live as the person He has called me to be, rather than what i think i'm "supposed" to be. so now i'm praying that God would wipe my mind and my heart clean of all i think i "should" be and rewrite His name and His calling for me.kelly summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415479712347255012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-31756906267238838402011-08-08T00:07:03.963-04:002011-08-08T00:07:03.963-04:00Thank you for endlessly teaching my heart on this ...Thank you for endlessly teaching my heart on this adventure. I am honored to be on it with you.Max Andrew Dubinskyhttp://www.makeitmad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-30874263322784990512011-08-07T17:36:54.353-04:002011-08-07T17:36:54.353-04:00I only feel like I have worked out who 'ME'...I only feel like I have worked out who 'ME' is in the last 3 years and I love being 'ME' much better than trying to copy bits and pieces of everyone's personalities that I admired.<br /><br />There is freedom in living and knowing my identity - not what everyone else told me I should be.<br /><br />Love this: "Too often I'm so busy getting consumed by the world that I forget who I am and who's my portion." <-- me too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-53623630489778745292011-08-05T12:16:46.028-04:002011-08-05T12:16:46.028-04:00I am a mix of all these emotions- knowing I'll...I am a mix of all these emotions- knowing I'll never measure up to the world, and wondering why I care because I possess the grace and love of God... <br /><br />...and it breaks my heart as well to see other women and girls suffering with these issues. Thank you for this.Em Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368510780946832212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-33654509644113773642011-08-05T11:48:53.197-04:002011-08-05T11:48:53.197-04:00Lauren, this post is incredible.
In my personal ...Lauren, this post is incredible. <br /><br />In my personal experience, sometimes the hardest part of an identity crisis is actually seeing it for what it is, and recognizing it's not just an issue we need to figure out or deal with or get ourselves together, but a direct and dangerous threat to who God has created us to be. <br /><br />This reminds me of Lamentations 3:21-24 in the NIV translation: "Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.They are new every morning;<br />great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” <br /><br />Too often I'm so busy getting consumed by the world that I forget who I am and who's my portion. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing your heart in this amazing post. <br /><br />AllyAllyhttp://www.rootedinhim.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-35299413731566899872011-08-05T10:03:20.730-04:002011-08-05T10:03:20.730-04:00ah. thank you for writing about this. sometimes i ...ah. thank you for writing about this. sometimes i wonder if i'm the only one who will go MONTHS feeling fine & suddenly a few little things bowl me over and i'm out looking for magazines to help me lose weight, put on makeup better, whatever else. because i KNOW that route never works. starving myself can come like a seductive siren but it never EVER brings me the peace i'm looking for. or new clothes, or berating myself, or a million other things. i have found true peace in knowing i am God's daughter (& that doesn't mean i have to wear ugly clothes or something-it just means that my worth isn't in what i'm wearing or what the scale says). but just a few things can completely tip that out of balance. so thank you for this post to remind me of the Truth, and also, that we aren't alone in this madness.Sarah Asayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09175947097707029972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-35086216812153661082011-08-05T02:31:59.527-04:002011-08-05T02:31:59.527-04:00Thank you. You don't know how much this has he...Thank you. You don't know how much this has helped me.Ally Enghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223398948020766632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-21717140907979907382011-08-04T23:25:08.994-04:002011-08-04T23:25:08.994-04:00It is amazing how you put this into words. I have ...It is amazing how you put this into words. I have NEVER thought about my identity in this way. I feel conviction in my soul but oddly this revelation brings freedom and relief to my mind. Thanks for not getting offended and therefore being able to share this with us all. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-5706937449039356642011-08-04T20:35:26.439-04:002011-08-04T20:35:26.439-04:00I moved to Los Angeles a couple a months ago and h...I moved to Los Angeles a couple a months ago and have been struggling with some of the same things. I just graduated college and am looking for a job. So on top of that being in a city as overwelming as LA has been tough. But I love reading your posts and how God speaks life to me through them. Thank you.Torihttp://twitter.com/torideathntaxesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-50641717694860641352011-08-04T18:18:25.149-04:002011-08-04T18:18:25.149-04:00Lauren, thank you for speaking the truth to our he...Lauren, thank you for speaking the truth to our hearts. I have found so much solace in reading your blog--knowing I'm not the only twentysomething facing these struggles every day. You are an amazing woman and inspiration!Laura Noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11310708300613141219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-3387355953505864972011-08-04T16:57:08.866-04:002011-08-04T16:57:08.866-04:00lauren,
i adore your heart to know Him and to kno...lauren, <br />i adore your heart to know Him and to know yourself and to live from that place. i know He is delighted by you.<br />i love you-<br />kay<br />ps-the morrisons miss you and max.kay morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061243564331334151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-80960142289491341982011-08-04T16:44:22.322-04:002011-08-04T16:44:22.322-04:00It is so interesting the perspective you have for ...It is so interesting the perspective you have for LA. I grew up there and have lived there my whole life (26 years). However, I never saw what you saw and why is that you may ask. Well it is because that is what I only knew. That is what I was told. That is what I believed. So now that I have moved out to care for my grandma I am learning that is not what I am supposed to be. It is a daily struggle because I don't know who I am anymore. I am having to find it all over again. And if I am being honest I don't like who God created me to be. But slowly but surely I will get there one day. Yes, it is sad what LA has to offer those who live there. But sometimes I am thankful because I can help others who struggle with the same thing. When I am truly healthy I will love to be able to walk with them step by step knowing what it is that they are going through. Thank you for your honesty!Kiersten Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-67975693238494299452011-08-04T16:41:40.767-04:002011-08-04T16:41:40.767-04:00Thank you for good words, dear Lauren.
I'm s...Thank you for good words, dear Lauren. <br /><br />I'm sensitive too. I've been lately overwhelmed by girls posting only skinny airbrushed photos of abs and legs all over twitter and pinterest. Some of them are fine, but most of them are tagged with lust, shame, impossibilities, and unhealthy. I want to scream a comment on every picture "THAT GIRL PROBABLY ISN'T HAPPY! AND HER THIGHS WON'T MAKE YOU LOVED." <br /><br />But I can't do that. So I stare in the mirror and say God's name for me: Adored. I sit next to girls in college group and get excited to spend time with good women in the making. I tell my friends how beautiful God made them. <br /><br />I hate the lie that anything outside of Jesus will make me happy. Thanks for being sensitive and fighting for truth. God has spoken Love over you. Keep speaking it.Emilyhttp://www.justwhatimean.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-29479364630682522282011-08-04T16:38:28.670-04:002011-08-04T16:38:28.670-04:00Awesome!! Love it! And am going to sit down and ...Awesome!! Love it! And am going to sit down and do just that - make a list and post it where I can see it. And have my daughter do the same thing.SassyJomihttp://www.sassyandserious.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-20481718741144261842011-08-04T16:27:41.411-04:002011-08-04T16:27:41.411-04:00This was beautiful Lauren. I don't know you, b...This was beautiful Lauren. I don't know you, but it is so unbelievably encouraging to see a woman who is sold out to Christ. And knows her identity in a world where knowing your true identity is oh so rare. Thank you for sharing your heart and being so open, you encourage me to do the same.jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-22023013749654696092011-08-04T16:22:34.421-04:002011-08-04T16:22:34.421-04:00Amazing post!<i>Amazing</i> post!Just mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467136574847865963noreply@blogger.com