Amanda Friedman’s Reviews > You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love > Status Update

“When we aren’t contributing to society, we have the tendency to grow depressed and listless.”

“Unlike the authors of personality tests who don't even know your name, God knew you before time began. He is intimately acquainted with your thoughts, motivations, desires, dreams, what makes you laugh, and what makes you anxious.
He wrote every single one of your days before any of them came to be (Psalm 139), and he is with you in each of them.”

“That we are not called to constant introspection and self-discovery is good news. We can finally be relieved of the duty to constantly search for ourselves. We don't need to search for our purpose or the meaning of our lives. We have worth and our lives matter because the God who made us says so.”

“The new self has been redeemed by Christ and is enslaved to goodness, free from the bonds of sin. The new self has everlasting hope, steady joy, and unsurpassed peace because her soul has been saved by God. She is reconciled to him, friends with him, and will spend forever in his presence. The new self has been given a righteousness that's not her own, but one that comes from Jesus.”