Anywho, I have to tell you all that I have been doing this awesome Fall Fitness Challenge over at Fitness2aT. We are in the first week only, so if you want to join, you can.. tell her I sent you because maybe she will give me a prize and I love prizes!
In our homework that our fearless Fitness Challenger Teresa gives us, she had us write our goals and our why and then.. she made us do affirmations. And by made,I mean she dangles prizes in front of me so I do what she says. The affirmations are a sentence that affirms in the present your future goal. Basically lying. lol. Just kidding. Its to change your thought life about your current situation.
Which brings me to my current topic of talking trash, not so much about others but about ourselves. The bible tells us in Proverbs 23:7 that "for as he thinks in his heart, so is he". It's easy to see why motivational speakers and goal setters use affirmations. They know the value of choosing the right thoughts. Yes, its a choice.
In a book study with one of my BFFs, we were discussing this very thing. If our mind is responsible for everything, wouldnt we want to ensure we are providing it with the best possible material? Instead of listening/watching mindless garbage on the tv, radio or latest gossip with friends, what if we filled it with the Word of God and with the promises that are in there. What would that look like, if everyone knew how loved they are by their creator? I know that for me, I am constantly learning what God says about me vs. what the world or I say about me. I love to trash talk myself. It almost gives me the excuse of not being better or having to make difficult choices to improve a current situation. Yes, I just said that. Things like, "oh, well this is just my lot, because of poor choices I have made" or "I'm just broken"... while some of those things were true, I also proclaim the truth of the bible which says, I am free from condemnation. I am strong, I am loved so much that a ransom was paid for me. I screw up and have made deplorable choices that I have had to reap rough seasons, but those rough season have always brought me to a stronger more intimate walk with God.
As I continue on this awesome Fall Fitness Challenge with Teresa and friends, I am also going to pay attention closely to what I affirm about myself. If you are in contact with me and hear me say something negative about me.. .please call me out on it, and if you do, I will have Teresa give you a prize.. because she made me have an affirmation and she likes to give prizes. lol.
Now I leave you with song. Be blesed wildy people. xxxoooo Wendy
"This song is dedicated to people like me
Those that struggle with insecurities
Acceptance and even self-esteem
You never felt good enough, You never felt pretty enough
But imagine God whispering in Your ear
Letting You know that everything that has happened is now
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(It's all gone, every sadness)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(Every mistake, every failure, it's all gone)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(Depression, gone, bad faith, it's gone)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(Low self-esteem, Hallelujah, it's gone, it's all gone)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(It's gone, all my scars, all my pain)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(It's in the past, it's yesterday, it's all gone, ah)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(Gone, what you mother did, what your father did, Hallelujah)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(It's gone)" -Kirk Franklin
I love you. That is all.
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