Authenticity!

Doubt is defined as being uncertain about,consider questionable or unlikely, or hesitate to believe and distrust. Wow that's a lot to swallow. I think my one of my biggest struggles is self doubt. I am scared that I won't succeed at something so I don't even try. I pull the I can't speak well, and I don't know enough card way to often to keep from doing what I truly feel like God has called me to do. I was reading a book last night that was probably the most amazing book I have ever read. It was a book about speaking to youth, the author said something that stood out to me. "The most valuable paintings in the world our originals, not copies of originals." How awesome is that simple sentence. I am authentic, not a copy but an original. I am not to try to speak like other awesome preaches but I am suppose to be the real me that God has called me to be. The me who stutters sometimes and goes down so many rabit trails before I bring my point ful circle. I need to be confident enough to realize that it's okay to mess up from time to time, and that are mess ups are learning experiences. Look at people like Paul and Moses, God used them in tremendous ways. So how can I truly doubt myself when I am an authentic creation of Christ.