Hello all of you wonderful friends!! I don't know where you live but here in middle TN it is storming. Rain. Wind. Just plain ugliness outside. I usually enjoy looking out of my office window at my plants but today is not an enjoyable day. In fact, I went out and brought in a couple of my favorites so that they would not be wind damaged. I am a plant lover and collect tropical looking plants. My family thinks that I am obsessed.
And how about you? What do you love? I ask you that question because what we love tells alot about one's personality and who you are. Lot's of us don't know who we are--are you one of us? Believe it or not, God wants you to know exactly who you are but the evil one doesn't want you to know because if you knew then you would be a great asset for Christ to help build His kingdom. Now, please don't let "building His kingdom" scare you off. Being in that position of knowing who you are and doing YOU well is a great life-- you would be so appreciative to God for His guidance and healing and helping you to grow into you and you would do it with passion. Don't you want to feel a passion for life?
What keeps us from discovering us? Things like confusion, chaos, feeling overwhelmed, prideful blindness, busyness, self-centeredness, clouded minds (like depression, anxiety, etc). I used to feel all of these things. Life is very hard living in these conditions. Which of these conditions are you operating out of? These conditions are symptoms. All of the nasty symptoms I listed are an indication of disorder in your life. It is funny that one of the definitions of disorder is: breach of the peace. I feel for certain that all of us agree that there is a lack of peace (which is a confidence element) when we are exhibiting any or most of the bad symptoms. Now that we have reasoned with ourselves that we are experiencing symptoms, we shall take a step toward discovery of the disorder(s).
Digging deeper requires courage (Psallm 31:24), self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7), willingness to release the disorders of your life (Philippians 4: 6-7), Quiet time with God (Jeremiah 29:12), paper and pen. Now, just start writing to God. Please start out with a word of praise to Him and thank Him for something. Now write whatever comes to your mind. Do this in modern, everyday English as if you were talking to your most trusted friend and confidant. The wonderful and amazing fact is: He is your most trusted friend and confidant! If you feel uncomfortable writing down anything and everything promise yourself to throw it away. No one else has to see it. Only you and God. Writing down your thoughts and prayers to God helps you to focus and also bring order to your thoughts. Your thoughts are highlighted. Your thoughts give you clues as to what is going on in your mind. Our minds can be a place of craziness. I refer to our minds as a room. We go into these rooms and isolate ourselves with our thoughts, fantasies, escapisms, etc. We wallow around in our minds during our pity parties, reliving our vicitmizations, babying our relational injuries, guilt, etc, etc. It can be a dark place if we allow it to be.
A great thing about God is that He deals with us like an onion. He peels one small thin layer off at a time. I bring that up because we can find ourselves with layers and layers of bad stuff that we need to deal with. Ask God to open up your eyes to things that your need to correct and deal with in your life. Remember, just one thin layer at a time. Once you have identified the area of concern then look up Bible verses that speak to it. Memorize the verse(s) and soak it in. Journaling the verse everyday x 21 days rewires your brain and subconscious. You will feel the effects after 4 days of this pactice but keep it up for 21 days for the rewiring effect. It is truly amazing how this prescription works. God is sooooo Good!! He is the great healer!! But you have to use this procedure like a medicine and do it faithfully. Please do it. It is amazing!! And make sure to keep going back to God for the next layer that needs to be removed.
Imagine yourself operating without confusion, chaos, feeeling overwhelmed, prideful blindness, busyness, self-centeredness, and clouded (depressed) mind. Your mind is clear. You are hearing God much easier. Better focusing allows you to perform your job better--might even get a promotion or a raise. Relationships are more satisfying, even the one you have with yourself. When you reach this level of healing you will blossom. God will reveal your gifts and talents and strengths. You'll discover things you never knew about yourself. You will feel complete because you will discover who you are and what you are supposed to be doing. I want to leave you with a word of encouragement. It is found in Romans 12:2 (NLT); Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect His will really is.
My friend, start right now discovering the real you. Wynndy
