"For God so loved the world"

I’ve been overwhelmed lately with an outpouring of the spirit in my life.  Usually these occurrences in my life are a result of trials I am currently going through and lately that has been the case. I’ve felt an overwhelming attack on my self esteem lately—I’m being hyper sensitive to everyone and everything around me. I’m finding myself quick to take offense, to fall into self pity and insecurity. Of course none of these feelings are of God. The attack on our spirits is real. Sometimes we forget that satan has known us since the beginning of our existence. When we came to this earth, a veil was drawn before us allowing us to come to this world with no remembrance of who we are and what we promised to do; an ultimate trial of our faith. But no veil was drawn over satan’s eyes. He has not forgotten exactly who you are and your allegiance to Christ. He preys on your every weakness. He knows your insecurities and he wants nothing more than to make you miserable like unto himself (2 Nephi 2:27) and he’s pretty darned good at it! So as I’ve been feeling all of these unsettling feelings lately, I found myself on my knees, pleading for God to give me some sort of sign that He loves me, that I have worth. The minute those words escaped my heart, my head was filled with the voice of the spirit saying, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son.” (John 3:16). I was truly humbled as God reminded me that His Son is evidence of His great love for me and for the entire world. He doesn’t need to give me signs and miracles to validate that I have worth to Him; He has already given me His Son, my personal Savior. So now my personal question is this—when can that be enough? When will I stop looking to other sources to validate my worth when the greatest gift of love has already been given on my personal behalf? And really, that’s the only source that can actually validate my worth—the source from whence my worth springs. As a beloved daughter of a Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother, my worth is immeasurable, divine. When will we let ourselves believe that? It’s true.