Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. Psalm 42:11
I fight discouragement.
Do you?
Same lies in my head.
Unanswered prayers.
Unchanged people.
Who are we to question Almighty God?
We are but a breath in all of God’s created beings.
God’s ways are higher than ours.
Then mine. Then yours.
He is above it all.
Even unanswered prayers.
Even unchanged people.
Even the lies still swirling in your head.
Our job is to submit ourselves to Him, asking Him to make us new.
Then pray for what God lays on our hearts.
After we pray, we are to give it all to God.
The unanswered prayers.
The unchanged people.
The lies in your head.
Now we sit and trust.
Yes, we can pray, of course, we should.
But as you pray, resist the urge to scoop the burden back up.
God’s got it.
He’s got it and all the rest. Why?
Because He knows all things and loves your loved ones even more than you, you must trust Him.
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:6
Adam and Eve were living in the Garden of Eden.
Spectacular food, unspoiled by death or disease.
Can you imagine how flavorful it was?
Probably beyond our wildest dreams.
Gorgeous scenery.
Lounging animals.
No schedules or work demands.
Talking with God every evening.
Just the two of them in paradise.
For how long had they been enjoying God’s creation?
Not sure. But it definately ended abruptly.
There were two trees alone in their glory: the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
The Bible clearly states the second tree was off limits. Completely.
No eating from the knowledge of good and evil tree.
It was God’s protection over them.
One day a serpent opened its mouth and talked to Eve.
Was that unusual? Having an animal or reptile talk to you?
Eve doesn’t act surprised. In fact she listens to what it has to say.
Eve had all the knowledge of God’s goodness surrounding her each and every day.
She talked with God every day.
Yet she chose to believe the serpent instead.
The serpent told her the forbidden tree would make her wise like God.
When those words were spoken, Eve’s eyes were convinced of its truth.
She saw the tree as good for her.
She saw a lie as truth.
What lies do you see as truth?
Lies about yourself? Others? Your future?
Eve didn’t consult Adam. She merely repeated the lie as fact.
And Adam believed it, too.
Instead of consulting each other and then asking God, who created all things, they believed a lie.
True, they did not understand lies existed, as they lived in a perfectly created world.
But the words went against all God had spoken to them.
Ask God today what lies you currently believe as truth.
Seek His truth over all things in your carnal mind.
We don’t have the luxury of living in the Garden of Eden.
But we do have access to God.
He wants to talk with you every day, too.
Filter your thoughts with His, seeing through Satan’s sneaky lies.
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:13
What do you think is the hardest cross to bear as a Christian?
Let me put it another way.
God asks us to become more like Him.
When we accept God as our Savior, He begins to transform us into who He made us to be.
We begin to walk His path, noticing what He notices.
We begin to speak to others, speaking with the words He wants to share.
We begin to have compassion, spreading His love to those around us.
When we ask God for His salvation, we become His.
His to transform.
But we’re human with human desires, wants, feelings, and actions.
Plus our soul is full of cracks from lies, and our broken world.
When God asks us to forgive others who have not asked, it’s a bitter pill to swallow.
For me, this is the hardest thing God ask of me.
Why?
Because it’s personal.
Personally painful when the other person doesn’t deserve it.
But when I don’t forgive, that person continues to strike blows after the words have faded away.
On the other hand when you forgive, you simply release that person back into the arms of God.
You let the offense fall away from your tightly gripped hands.
You allow the boulder to roll down and off your back.
Is it fun to hold onto unforgiveness because you’re justified?
Of course.
But is it worth the cost?
The cost of your peace?
The cost of a broken spot in your relationship?
Nope.
God forgave you for way more then He’s asking you to forgive now.
You didn’t deserve it either.
But God forgave you all your sins.
All your sins from yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Allow God’s strength to help you release your unforgiveness.
I know, they don’t deserve it, but that’s beside the point.
God asks us to forgive. Period.
Swallow your pride, forgive, and let God move in your life and theirs.
God will help, and His peace will rush in, helping you each time you choose to forgive.
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. Romans 8:11
Are you as free as you can be?
As Christians, we profess to be free from death, sin, and the grave.
Free from eternal damnation.
And yes, that would be correct.
As a Christian, you have placed your trust in Jesus, and He has paid the penalty for your sin.
So, yes, technically, you are free from all of the above.
But what about freedom as we step upon this earth?
Are you walking as if you are free?
Just because you are free from the penalty of sin, does not mean you are free from its effects.
Do you feel pitiful and ugly when someone ignores you?
Do you feel a rush of anger when someone wrongs you?
Do you feel sarcastic while belittling someone who doesn’t understand you right away?
Do you put others down, lifting yourself up instead?
Do you put your needs first, serving your number one above all else?
Do you refuse to look at life through the lens of another, wanting your way instead?
How are you at listening?
Or, gasp, asking for forgiveness when you are wrong?
How are you at even admitting you are wrong?
Do you help others before asked?
Leave the room better than before you walked in?
When we do not clothe ourselves with the fruits of the spirit, walking as Jesus did, we are not free.
When we jump to satisfy ourselves over others, we are not free.
When we listen to lies in our head, we are not free.
When we become defeated in our many mistakes, we are not free.
Only with the power of God, can we break the chains that bind us.
Speak Jesus’ name over what binds you.
Over your flesh that speaks louder than your spirit.
Cancel the enemy’s assignments and send it to the dry desert.
Ask Jesus to cover you with His wisdom, power, strength, and joy.
And remember, the same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you.
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
Why do we allow others to reduce us to tears?
Why do we allow another’s insecurities to confirm lies in our heads?
Why do we allow another’s foul moods to bring us to our knees?
Why do we let others affect us negatively?
Because we are human.
Flawed, too.
We mess up, going back to that lie we believed about ourselves.
That lie that seems so real such as “I’m not worth it” or “I’m an absolute failure”.
I’m amazed at how immature I am.
Even when I know better.
Instantly how pitiful I can become when reacting to another’s very flawed actions.
It’s in those moments we must stop and straighten up, or our crown will fall from our head.
Remember your crown?
Meaning, remember your place in this world?
You are a child of the Most High God.
THE God. The One who created all things.
The One in charge of your past, present, and future.
The One who causes the sun to rise and set in the evenings.
The One who gave you your quirks, desires, and personality.
The One who gave you dreams and talents to fulfill them in His timing.
Do not let the opinions of others negate who God says you are.
God says you are His daughter. His son. His beloved child worth dying for.
He gave His everything to capture you for eternity.
That means you are priceless.
The next time you find yourself in a less than stellar situation, do not allow yourself to stoop for another’s crumbs.
You are worth more than crumbs.
But if your crown falls off, please stoop to pick it up.
“Sir,” asked the demon who was tiny but had a large voice.
“What do YOU want,” demanded the demon in charge whose name escapes me.
“I found someone I can dominate. I’m sure of it. Look.” The tiny demon with the large voice pointed at a man sitting in a comfy chair. The man was starring at his phone. Life swirled around him unnoticed.
“Fine. He’s practically lost anyway. Go,” shouted the demon in charge whose name escapes me.
Demon #2, who was tiny but had a large voice, shrank away, excited to show the demon in charge his moves. He had just learned some new tactics. This man seemed like the perfect opportunity.
Demon #2 crept up to the man who was starring at his phone while life swirled around without him.
Whispering into his ear, demon #2 reminded the man of his failures, disappointments, and poor life choices. Causing the man to become uncomfortable, he suggested a snack even though the man had recently eaten.
The man shuffled to the refrigerator, pulling out some food. Balancing the food with his hands and phone, which he never put down, demon #2 startled the boy who immediately began running into the kitchen, knocking into the man. Food went everywhere. The phone went flying.
The man who usually starred at his phone while life swirled around him found himself yelling at the boy. The boy, who was only four and looked up to the man, began to cry. Instead of comforting his son, the man tried to find his phone. Finding it under the table, the man picked it up and gasped. The screen was broken.
The man who usually starred at his phone while life swirled around him swore as he began cleaning up the mess from the boy.
After cleaning up the mess, the man sank back into his chair, looking at his phone. Thankfully, he realized it really wasn’t broken at all. It was merely scratched. All was well. Demon #2 suggested the man did not need to apologize for yelling at his son. After all, his son was in the wrong!
The man sighed, agreeing with demon #2. Forgetting all about his snack, the man settled his focus once again onto his phone. Life continued to swirl around without him.
Demon #2 found the boy crying in his room. All alone, demon #2 began to whisper lies, confirming the thoughts the boy was having. “Your dad doesn’t really love you. He cares more about his phone than you. He ignores you because you’re boring. You’re not worth his time. You’re so clumsy anyway. You should stay away from him.” The boy sniffled as he listened to the lies from demon #2.
Checking back in on the family later, the woman wondered aloud to the man why the boy was so upset. The man didn’t have any idea, although he barely heard her as he was still on his phone while life swirled around without him. The woman left the room wondering what she had done to the man. The boy continued to feel unloved. The man continued watching his phone as life swirled around without him.
Demon #2 reported back to the demon in charge, whose name escapes me. “Sir,” began demon #2 who was tiny but had a large voice. “I influenced not only the man, confirming his previous believed lies, but I successfully planted new lies into the boy and woman, confirming them with actions from the man.”
Putting down his paper, the demon in charge whose name escapes me, looked up in surprise. “Well, that’s more like it,” he replied. “Maybe you’ll work out down here after all.”
Grinning, the tiny demon with a large voice said, “Yes, sir! Looking forward to more torment, sir!”
Demon #2, the tiny demon with a large voice, revisited that family many times. Over the years, he repeated the unloving lies into the boy, who was now becoming a man. This was almost too easy…
Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. Psalm 119:133
The demon in charge, whose name escapes me, is upset.
He’s a champion for the dark side.
Here is his rant.
I am discouraged. First the overturn of Roe vs Wade.
Good grief, it was so utterly easy deceiving Americans for almost 50 years now.
Guess we relaxed our efforts too much, thinking the law would never change.
Who would have thought those Christian prayers would ever really help?
I sure didn’t. Especially not after this long.
Time to work on the states. Surely most will keep choosing death. They think it’s a choice, but I know the truth.
What? The court decided coaches can now pray after a public school game?
On the field? In public? Like out in the open? Are they crazy?
Need to ramp up the violence. Let’s concentrate on the cities with less police protection.
What about the Christians? I’m not worried. I know how to get them.
Let’s take him over there.
I know him well. He looks spiritual, but underneath, he’s a mess.
He’s full of self-pity, one of my favorites. Tends to affect him every night about 7pm.
Becomes morose thinking of his family. I know how to stoke that.
Sometimes, he doesn’t crumble under the lies, because he prays, bringing the power of God into the room.
Not tonight. I got this.
Look – he’s thinking of his family. I’m going to plant a doubt, telling him they don’t care a whit about him.
Neither does his wife. Good. He’s quite upset. Perfect.
Let’s keep going, as this is quite fun.
I’ll whisper, ‘You’re nothing. You’re old and it’s almost over anyway, so what does it matter…’
Haha, good. He bought it. Closed his eyes and tried to escape.
He’s done for the night. Who else can I torment? Time’s wasting.
Now we will peak into his evening as the demon in charge, whose name escapes me, determines the next assignment.
“Who’s got her?” shouted the demon in charge, whose name escapes me.
“I have her, sir,” answered a tiny demon with a large voice.
“Excellent, #2”, replied the demon in charge, whose name escapes me.
“Want me to apply the usual tools, sir?” asked the tiny demon with the large voice.
“Yes, #2. Full report when you are done,” answered the demon in charge, whose name escapes me.
Running to the girl, demon #2 assessed the situation.
He saw her sitting at the table, heads in her hands. It was late. He saw no one else up.
“Fabulous!! She’s staying up past her children and husband. She’s all alone, ready for my thoughts,” declared demon #2 with a large voice, although he whispered not wanting to disturb her.
Whispering into her head, demon #2 said, “You’re right. No one ever cares. Certainly not your family. They couldn’t care less about you. You might as well leave. Would they even notice your absence? They could live totally fine without you. You are not needed. You are useless. You are stupid.”
Sitting back, demon #2 witnessed her reaction. While the words began to take affect, she started to cry. Confirming the lies from demon #2, she agreed with his words, blowing her nose from the tears, which were beginning to flow from her weepy eyes.
The angels were stirred. Immediately, they circled her, knowing her heart and loyalty to God. They began to whisper God’s truth, combating every lie from demon #2.
Demon #2 sat up, scared. “Crap, they are negating my lies.” Immediately, he began to whisper more lies into her head.
Suddenly, the girl was aware of two trains of thoughts entering her head: the angels and demon #2.
Burring her face into her hands, demon #2 thought he had won. He started to celebrate, a smile erupting on his ugly face.
All of a sudden, the girl yelled, “NO.” She began agreeing with the angels, opening her bible to read. Her lips declared the name above all names, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.”
Demon #2 shrank back in fear, recoiling from that powerful name.
Immediately, he ran back to his nest, more comfortable among the evil comrades.
“Back so soon?” asked the demon in charge, whose name escapes me. That demon was certain of demon #2’s triumph.
Shuttering in fear, demon #2 replied, “Sir, she was helped by the angels from On High. They came and I didn’t know what to do. She began agreeing with them. And sir…she even declared that name. Jesus.”
“NOOOO,” cried the demon in charge, whose name escapes me. “Next time, I will personally accompany you. We must not let that girl out of our grip. She’s too important. Her mission from God MUST be accosted no matter what. Do you understand me?” He roared in anger.
And that ends our story. Demon #2 went on to worry about the next assignment. The demon in charge, whose name escapes me, went on a giant rant for a long time, certain to pull out all stops the next time he could encounter the girl.
The girl remained in her home, unaware, or partly aware of the spiritual battle swirling around her. Knowing she needed to remain whole, she began to pray deep in her heart, wanting to remain always loyal to Him, deciding from then on to listen closely only to His voice.
Are you loyal to Him? What might the dark side say to you when visiting your thoughts? Will you choose to believe God’s truth today and always?
I’ve always loved planting flowers, but I’m talking food.
Growing your own food. Like actually growing literal food.
We grew some tomatoes and jalapeño peppers last year.
While that was fun, this year’s garden is even funner. 😉
We have acorn squash trying to spread their vines over everything else.
Carrot seeds looking lovely, their soft green tops reaching high above the soil.
Watermelon, pumpkins, cucumbers, herbs, and a whole box of flower seeds!
Tomato plants sprouting up from throwing old tomatoes into the garden soil last fall.
We won’t discuss our sad strawberry plants, yielding a total of 3 strawberries so far.
You get the point. We have 96 square feet of growing goodness. I can’t wait.
How’s your garden? Need to yank some weeds? Redirect your plans back to God?
We all have seeds cast our direction, that with the right ingredients, can take root.
Believing a lie, confirming it with situations, watering it with self-pity. That root would be hard to yank.
Yet, immediately refusing a lie planted in your head, would remove it instantly.
Fertilizing your garden with God’s truth and wisdom would then create a garden where sin’s seeds fail to take root. Or would at least take more effort.
Is your garden full of God’s truth? Are you able to yank these weeds easily?
Gardens like that regularly see fruit. Sometimes there’s a drought, but it’s not because the soil is ugly.
Or is your garden soil so full of weeds, truth can hardly begin to grow?
Squash and cucumber vines love to grasp anything they can, clinging to the next plant in their path.
We must be diligent to shape the vines, freeing the plants they wish to cling.
Like those vines, we must be careful to keep our garden free from not only weeds, but things in our life that want to choke out everything else. Even the good things.
Time to put on your gardening gloves, tie that sun hat around your neck, and dig into the dirt.
Gardens only flourish with purpose. And your garden, hidden within your heart, will only flourish with God.
He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. 2 Samuel 22:17-18
Insults, heard or implied.
Words that bring death.
When sitting near these toxic fumes, there’s not much we can do.
Especially when directed towards us.
They can explode out of nowhere.
Suddenly covering you with filth.
Covering you with filth you believe.
Covering you with lies you begin to agree with.
All from insults hurled towards you.
Like an arrow piercing your soul, words can carry death.
While they can carry death, the arrows don’t have to deliver death to you.
It’s your choice to accept the lies or not.
Your choice to keep the painful arrow stuck where it hit.
What is your other choice?
To yank it out, immediately forgiving the sender.
Impossible in your own strength.
Literally.
But that’s where God comes in for you.
When you ask God to cover you with His feathers, He will protect you.
Literally, He will.
Emotionally, and spiritually, He will cover you.
Protected by God, arrows will still come.
They will be hurled at you with frightening speed.
But – by choosing to ask God to keep you whole, you won’t absorb the arrow’s poison.
Sure, it will try to pierce your soul, spreading it’s toxic substance.
And until you are trained to immediately refuse with God’s help, it could hurt.
Even for awhile.
But every time you yank out the arrow, God’s peace will dispel the poison.
Even heal your wound.
But you must ask Him every single time.
And as you retrain your reactions to insults, God’s feathers will become stronger.
So strong, the arrows will fall away as they bump you.
Who are you going to believe?
An insulting arrow filled with someone’s jealousy, selfishness, or evil intention all filled with lies?
Or who God says that you are to Him?
Choose to remember Whose you are.
Choose to remember Who your Father is.
The One who desires to protect you from everything evil.
Humble yourself, and ask Him to protect you.
Protect your mind, body, soul, and spirit from anything not from Him.
Apart from God, we can do nothing, especially avoiding arrows filled with poison.
Psalm 121:7-8 reminds us that God will keep us from all evil.
He will even keep our lives.
Safe.
Secure.
Even more – He will keep our going out AND our coming back now and forever.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11
The angel Gabriel had just disappeared, leaving her with God’s request.
Mary was left standing in the middle of the room, trembling after her encounter with God’s holy angel.
Steadying herself by grabbing a chair, she collapsed into it, wondering if she had imagined it all.
Gabriel had appeared to her, proclaiming God’s need for her to be the Lord’s earthly mother.
“How could I say no?” Mary thought. “I want to do whatever God wants me to do, but I’m scared. Really terrified, actually. What will people say? Will they believe me?”
Mary said yes to God.
She had no idea the ramifications of her acceptance into God’s will.
Her life was over as she knew it, but obeying God was more important to her than anything else.
Did she have periods of doubt?
Of course.
Did she have moments or even days of regret?
Probably.
She’s human.
Imagine yourself.
Imagine the whispers of your friends, the people you’ve grown up with your whole life.
“Did you know Mary’s pregnant? She’s not even married!”
Overhearing these comments would not sit well in her heart.
She probably cried as those pregnancy hormones raged.
And it probably never stopped.
The whispers.
The comments.
She was permanently labeled.
And not in a good way.
Mary could have listened to those lies, allowing them to define her.
But she knew they weren’t true.
All she had to do was look upon the face of God’s son Jesus, the sweet boy running around her house.
All she had to do was ask God to remind her of His purposes for her.
All she had to do was choose to believe God’s identity for her instead of the world’s.
How about you?
What identity do you embrace that is not from our loving God?
What whispered lies or comments do you bring into your heart, believing them instead of God’s truth?
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
She sat perched on the edge of her bed.
Deep in thought.
Lost, really.
Stuck.
Her mind wandered so easily from truth to lies, that it was all muddled together.
Nothing seemed to make much sense anymore.
Deep down, she knew the truth of who she was.
Yet, somehow, she had denied it’s truth.
Instead of allowing God’s truth to heal every inch of herself, clinging to the lies had poisoned her still.
That leads us back to the girl sitting on her bed, lost.
A Christian girl, mind you.
Someone who, from a very young age, has trusted God, knowing His truth.
Looking further into her room, there is something behind her.
A dark presence.
And it’s smiling.
Or maybe sneering.
It’s whispering into her ear, causing tears on her face to fall.
How is this possible?
Satan is sly, wanting to make all of us miserable.
Even lonely, sad girls.
While watching this unhappy scene unfold, all of a sudden, a light appeared.
A strong, warrior-like being appeared, declaring, “Enough.”
With that, the dark presence immediately fled.
The girl’s tears ceased and a tiny smile broke out upon her face.
Out loud, she whispered, “Thank you, Jesus.”
The warrior, putting His arm around her, answered her.
“You’re welcome, my child. Next time you feel anxious by a thought, identify it as a lie straight from the pit. Refuse it and speak life into your mind through My Name. And never forget how much you matter to Me. I am always a whisper away.”
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2
Satan loves to tell us lies.
The lies are not only whispered into our heads, but held up as posters.
The posters are so large, we cannot help but see the words that pull us into believing.
You are so ridiculous.
You are not loved.
Nobody cares.
You are such a disappointment.
Why does Satan love to feed us lies?
So we feel defeated.
Walking around ineffective.
Useless to the cause of Christ.
The posters he shows us are lies.
Why does he keep going, trying to change our course?
Because he’s scared.
He knows WHOSE we are.
He knows we KNOW the truth.
But will we act on it?
Will we act on the truth deep down we know is right?
Or will we succumb to his lies?
Will we succumb to the lies from the pit that were made to render us lifeless?
The ultimate choice is yours.
Are you going to make the evil one win with you today?
Or will you rise up and tear the posters in half, declaring, “Not today, Satan!”
Declaring to all instead, “It is well!”
Photos by Victoria Palacios, Mitchel Lensink, & Corinne Kutz on Unsplash
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26
I have a question.
Why would Eve believe Satan over God?
Back in the garden.
At the very beginning of life.
Satan asked Eve if God had really said they could eat from every tree in the garden, except one.
He questioned Eve.
And Eve properly responded.
She relayed God’s message which included the warning not to eat from that special tree – or they would die.
You know the tree.
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
She told Satan God had said not to touch only that one tree.
But all the other trees were just fine!
Satan responded by merely stating the opposite of what God had said.
Satan declared Eve and Adam would not die.
In fact, he then proceeded to say they would become wise like God AND not die.
He played to her ego.
Who doesn’t want to be wise like God and know all things?
I know sometimes we act like we are that wise, but truth is, we are sonot compared to Him!
Anyway, Satan asked Eve a question.
Eve answered with God’s truth.
Satan responded with a lie, which contradicted everything God had spoken over them.
God himself had spoken to Eve and Adam.
Literally spoken to them.
God regularly and literally spoke to them every day.
Seriously, wow!
Yet, somehow, Eve immediately believed Satan when he questioned God.
When Satan turned the words of God around, upside down, and inside out, Eve’s flesh demanded to be fed.
She instantly turned her back on her Creator and believed instead the pitiful snake.
I just wonder why.
We probably would have done the same thing.
But why?
Is it because she had wanted to eat from that tree and merely needed an excuse to do so?
Permission perhaps?
Had she thought about it before and was looking for her opportunity?
Why would she question God?
What had He done to betray her trust?
God had provided Eve everything she could possibly need.
And Adam, too.
But that was not enough.
When you are certain of the path God wants you to travel, keep walking.
Don’t stop and listen to the one who wishes death on everything you have and are.
Don’t let him whisper lies into your head, turning you from God’s truth you know is correct.
He (the devil) was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44
How dare we believe the lies of who we are instead of the truth declared from God’s lips.
How dare we.
Yet we do.
We listen to the lies in our head deeming us inferior, sub par, and unlovable.
Rejected.
How is it we allow these lies to not only live in our heads, but listen and then also believe them?
And when we believe them, we act on them.
We walk around defeated.
We become the lies.
We become unlovable and reject-able because of our walls.
Why do we stoop to these lows?
Because at our core, we do not believe God.
We do not believe God’s truth about us.
We do not believe He really loves us with His whole heart.
We do not believe we were worth dying for.
Ouch.
If we do not immediately reject and bury the lie whispered in our head, it becomes cemented into our brain.
We begin to treat the lie as fact.
Listen instead to the truth.
God created you for love.
His love.
Relationship with the One True God.
He gave you life.
He chose you.
Live like that matters.
Live like He died only for you.
Live like the Creator of the universe longs to hang out with you.
When you place your trust in God, His heartbeat pulses in you.
Amy Linnea 
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