Defeated. Loser. Failure. Coward. Useless. Quitter. Ineffective. Hopeless. Worthless.
You probably started reading those words and wanted to look away. Or you may have started shaking your head in the affirmative, yeah, that's me. You may be staring now at them and feeling overwhelmed by the heaviness and weight of them saying, I don't need this negativity in my life right now. But then if you take a moment to be honest with yourself you may admit that this is the mantra that you are allowing to play in your mind. It is the sole tune on the playlist of your inner dialogue and you wonder why you are still exactly where you are or even worse further back than where you started.
"Sticks and stones", they said. "These are just words", you try to say to yourself using that weak watered down rhetoric to overcome the inner oppression that makes you feel like you are wearing a lead vest that you can't win for losing. That you never had a chance. That the odds where stacked against you. That you lost before you ever began. That you would have been better off if you had not even been born. That even if you did have a chance to be successful it's too late now. That you missed your chance.
I usually don't allow myself to spend this much time stating the negative, seeping and sinking into the pit of self pity and wallowing there even in my writings. But this time is different. God wanted me to make sure that some one on the brink of doom, in despair, on the verge of giving up, someone like me...as a matter of fact, God wanted to be sure that those of us who HAVE given up get this.
The race is not given to the strong or to the swift but to them that endure to the end.
Where we are right now, it's only the end if we allow it to be.
You probably started reading those words and wanted to look away. Or you may have started shaking your head in the affirmative, yeah, that's me. You may be staring now at them and feeling overwhelmed by the heaviness and weight of them saying, I don't need this negativity in my life right now. But then if you take a moment to be honest with yourself you may admit that this is the mantra that you are allowing to play in your mind. It is the sole tune on the playlist of your inner dialogue and you wonder why you are still exactly where you are or even worse further back than where you started.
"Sticks and stones", they said. "These are just words", you try to say to yourself using that weak watered down rhetoric to overcome the inner oppression that makes you feel like you are wearing a lead vest that you can't win for losing. That you never had a chance. That the odds where stacked against you. That you lost before you ever began. That you would have been better off if you had not even been born. That even if you did have a chance to be successful it's too late now. That you missed your chance.
I usually don't allow myself to spend this much time stating the negative, seeping and sinking into the pit of self pity and wallowing there even in my writings. But this time is different. God wanted me to make sure that some one on the brink of doom, in despair, on the verge of giving up, someone like me...as a matter of fact, God wanted to be sure that those of us who HAVE given up get this.
The race is not given to the strong or to the swift but to them that endure to the end.
Where we are right now, it's only the end if we allow it to be.
I refused
to write. I refused to write because I no longer had faith in myself to lead through my
writings. Interestingly, that is both where the devil wanted me to be and where
God NEEDED me to be. Although I 'know' (head knowledge) that I am
nothing apart from God, I also 'know' (experiential knowledge) that I
'feel' (uh oh watch out) more effective when I am SEEING the
manifestation. So when the plateaus came and
the situations came and the obstacles came and the pounds came then my
'feelings' failed. You see I was walking by sight and not by faith.
(Whew, this has become one of the chapters of the book that I have not written, in my disobedience, in my lack of faith - I'll need to spend some time addressing that later with myself & God).
(Whew, this has become one of the chapters of the book that I have not written, in my disobedience, in my lack of faith - I'll need to spend some time addressing that later with myself & God).
Nevertheless, the enemy would have won had I not
come across this little, tiny, powerful piece of scripture: "Yet where I
am weak there am I made strong." (you can shout right here, because I am.
Don't worry, I'll wait........)
Hallelujah! In this failure, God is unlocking His invaluable lessons. First, don't do it without me. Secondly, don't do it without me. And thirdly, since you can't do it without me....don't do it without me. Amen. The other lesson is one that I almost always miss. That is, stop listening to what others say about you (even yourself-LISA!) Replace that self chatter with what God says about you.
Hallelujah! In this failure, God is unlocking His invaluable lessons. First, don't do it without me. Secondly, don't do it without me. And thirdly, since you can't do it without me....don't do it without me. Amen. The other lesson is one that I almost always miss. That is, stop listening to what others say about you (even yourself-LISA!) Replace that self chatter with what God says about you.
It really is who you really are even if YOU don't believe it. The
enemy is trying to convince you otherwise and he's so desperate to do so
because HE knows that as soon as you get it...he is defeated!
The mighty man of valor, Gideon was cowering on the threshing floor when God called him 'Mighty man of Valor'! Mighty man of valor was who he was! Period point blank end of story. Mighty man of Valor. If he had never lived up to becoming a Mighty man of Valor that would still be who he is, a Mighty man of Valor, because God is not a man that he should lie. And when he got it (that he was indeed a Mighty man of Valor)....HE BECAME IT! (in case you don't know what 'it' is - A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR!!)
Be who God says you are. Tell yourself a hundred times a day until you believe it. A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY. Faith comes by hearing and HEARING by the word of God. Just do it. Start over again TODAY. I was going to say. "I dare you" but I believe I'll say, "I IMPLORE YOU"!
Eden citizens, those that are already in this subscription, just send me an email with your body type and I will send you a copy of your plan and profile and we will start again today. With God all things are possible. Even if you never got a plan before - you can have it free today because that's what God is instructing me in my spirit. I need you as much as you think you need me. Together we win.
I know for a fact (now) that God did not bless this ministry of health and healing and weight loss because of 'me' fortunately He did it in spite of me. Pray for my strength in the Lord as I do likewise.
The mighty man of valor, Gideon was cowering on the threshing floor when God called him 'Mighty man of Valor'! Mighty man of valor was who he was! Period point blank end of story. Mighty man of Valor. If he had never lived up to becoming a Mighty man of Valor that would still be who he is, a Mighty man of Valor, because God is not a man that he should lie. And when he got it (that he was indeed a Mighty man of Valor)....HE BECAME IT! (in case you don't know what 'it' is - A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR!!)
Be who God says you are. Tell yourself a hundred times a day until you believe it. A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY. Faith comes by hearing and HEARING by the word of God. Just do it. Start over again TODAY. I was going to say. "I dare you" but I believe I'll say, "I IMPLORE YOU"!
Eden citizens, those that are already in this subscription, just send me an email with your body type and I will send you a copy of your plan and profile and we will start again today. With God all things are possible. Even if you never got a plan before - you can have it free today because that's what God is instructing me in my spirit. I need you as much as you think you need me. Together we win.
I know for a fact (now) that God did not bless this ministry of health and healing and weight loss because of 'me' fortunately He did it in spite of me. Pray for my strength in the Lord as I do likewise.
Meanwhile...Keep walking on water!
Rev. Lisa Thatch - A Caring Professional
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