Lots of us have wished at one time or another that we were someone else. Are you wishing today that you could be someone else? Well, you can be! It's true.
Our souls shape our personalities. I recently researched our body/soul/spirit and discovered some interesting things. I will tell you on another blog about how these 3 things are important to who we are. My eyes were opened! Our souls contain our imagination, conscience, memory, reasoning, and affections. Hense, our personalities are shaped by our soul. As you look at what our souls are, you can figure out that our personalities can be regenerated by changing our imaginations, consciences, memories, reasonings and afffections. These things are often empowered by our experiences all throughout our existing lives. But our empowerment can be changed depending on what we allow to enter our spirits.
A good personality looks like this: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. An unattractive personality looks like this: hate and jealousy, sadness and depression, restlessness and hyperness, impulsiveness or inablitity to relax, meaness of spirit, doing bad things, distrust, condemning and fault-finding and just plain negative, and lastly mindlessness. Compare the differences and highlight the ones that apply to you. Now highlight the ones you want to apply to you. Be very honest here as I am sure you want a different you. Philippians 4:6 says that the Holy Spirit gives us this kind of personality. And the Holy Spirit is referred to as The Truth. John 8:32 (MSG) says: "Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you." But how does one experience the truth? The previous verse tells us. John 8:31 (GWT): ...if you live by what I say, you are truly my disciples." The Bible is so wonderful as it tells us how to have a good life and that a great life is possible, but it also tells us how to obtain it.
So the unattractive personality as listed in the last paragraph is usually an anxious, chaotic person who cannot seem to get a handle on things. Philippians 4:6 gives us good advise (AMP): "Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God." An important action word in this verse is "thanksgiving." Give it a try--whenever you have a negative vibe about something search for anything to thank Holy Dad about. Even if it feels silly, do it anyway--you'll be doing what Jesus says to do. I like the Message for this verse: "Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns." Feeling a negative vibe about something gives you an opportunity to talk to God.
The apostle Paul gives us another piece of advise. Philippians 4:8 (NLT): "...Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." He didn't say to think about false, dishonorable and wrong things. He didn't say to think about dirty, ugly and unlovely and substandard things. We are influenced by alot of media outlets that allow these very negative things in our minds and then we sit and dwell on them. These negative thoughts become attached to our subconcious and resurface in our actions and behaviors. Proverbs 23:7 explains this phenomenon (GNT): "...what he thinks is what he really is." Did you hear that? Your personality is what it is because you choose the thoughts and influences that go in your soul.
I have discovered that memorizing verses automatically caused me to keep God in my thoughts. It was really amazing how I didn't have to work at my thoughts--His thoughts just popped in. Memorization is great!! And the Bible tells us to meditate on His good word.
Now look at a new personality, Philippians 4:7 (GWT): "Then God's peace, which goes beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus." You got it--instead of our worldly media infuences, a person should choose God's good word to shape a great, attractive personality. (MSG) says: "Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life." Hum, replacing Christ for the negatives. That's the way a beautiful person achieves the "beautiful person" status. It will take work but it is so worth it! It's what you were asking for--isn't it? A new personality?
Evaluate everything you allow to enter your being and make heathy decisions. Make a decision right this minute to change your mental receiving lifestyle (hope that makes sense). Be a new person by this time next week--I would love to meet the new you!! You would love "you", too!!
Enjoy good life. Jesus' healing and peace to all, Wynndy
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