Words are so powerful. The words that people speak can be so inflating or so deflating... or maybe just blah... I can't tell you how many times I have let a little comment completely tear me apart and ruin my day. I also can't tell you how many times a little complement has inflated my head so big that my neon yellow shirt with flashing letters that said I"M HUMBLE has been worn. I struggled with words for so many years growing up. People often called me names and after so long you start to believe those lies. Peoples words from middle school have carried through into my adult life and at times have been the source of some of my biggest struggles in life. I am writing this because I realizing the importance of the truth. What could we all be like if the truth was spoken over us? You are able, You are Beautiful, You are loved and the list could go on for days. We could have less doubt, less fear and more confidence. This is all sparked from a discipleship training I am apart of and as our pastor was teaching he read a verse that I am pretty sure I need to hear everyday of my life. It is from 2 Corinthians 5:17 and it says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come."
The old is gone... I don't have to live the lies, believe the lies or be apart of the OLD because it is gone. I am the one who keeps bringing it back up no one else. LET GO of the past and move to the present (the new has come). The here and know!!
Whenever I hear this verse it makes me think of how the days of struggle are the past because I am a new creation in Christ and he is my strength and refuge in times of trouble. God is comfort in times of sorrow. He is my sustaining, provider, deliver, friend... He has to be my everything so I can embrace my newness...
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