Even then, you were loved.
When you did something great, something terrible, or nothing at all…
When you felt the pressure of praise for performance and when you felt completely and utterly unseen…
When God’s voice was loud and clear, and when God was eerily silent…
When your pain was unbearable, and when your joy was so full, it frightened you…
When you felt numb and apathetic, and when you were consumed with how much it mattered…
When your best wasn’t good enough and when your worst surprised even you…
When you were absolutely sure you were right, and when you realized you were wrong…
When you tried to earn your worthiness, when you realized you couldn’t, and when you discovered you didn’t have to…
…even then, you were loved.
—Lindsay L. O’Connor
Lindsay L. O'Connor 
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