If You Think
If you think I’m selfish, you don’t know me.
If you think I’m weak when you see my tears fall as I cry out of my brokenness, my deepest hurts, or my burdens (or out of yours), you don’t really know me.
If you thought I wouldn’t survive attacks of deception set to destroy everything I have hope and faith in, then you really don’t know me.
If you think you have me in a place that doesn’t line up with the place God called me to, you REALLY don’t know me!
If you think you have the right to speak negative things over me or my family or friends, and that I will let it go – then you REALLY, REALLY don’t know me!
If you think I will eventually give up or give in, and that is a part of a grander scheme, then frankly, you don’t know anything about me at all. I learned early on giving up is never an option.
So if you think I will give up on you … well, you should know this about me – I definitely won’t.
Because I have the power of the Holy Ghost burning on the inside of me, and I have the authority to decree and declare God’s Word over every inch and detail of my life. Every Word over every detail. I love the details and you are somewhere in my details.
Words
I believe in who HE is and who HE says I am. I believe Him, who holds my beginnings and all the steps of this journey! I believe that the great I AM resides with me always! I will stand and believe that for you too!
I believe this scripture, (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds); Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. ~ 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
I believe we create or tear down with our words. They are chosen. What are you saying?
I see words that build up as brick and mortar.
I hear words that tear down the same brick and mortar – over and over until the piles become impassable walls. What are you saying?
I can honestly say I lived by natural words for a long time, and they defined much of who I was. Living like that kept me broken, of low esteem and little confidence.
My fault. I gave permission to build up as mortar and bricks but then turned around and gave permission to tear it all down.
No more!
Be careful what you say. Speak words that build and declare the glory of God. Speak Words of LIFE!
Be careful what you hear! Listen only to Words of life!
Be quick to believe what He says about you! Be quick to discard words that don’t fit PERFECTLY with who He says you are.
Stained Glass
Don’t force the glass into just any part of the fame, or you will break it. There is a place designed for each piece. Trust the artist!
One of the last phases of stained glass creation is when the artist places the painted glass in a kiln, so the paint fuses with the glass.
Your story is your story. It is fused into the fiber of your being and really into mine too. There are different layers of washes and paint that step-by-step bring out all of our glorious details.
If we live in Christ, then we must believe we are the Temple. Step back and look at the stained glass windows. They reveal the whole story and it is breathtaking!
Trust the artist!!!
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