"I am my own worst critic." That is one of the truest statements ever. We can say what we want when we speak to others because we like others to feel good about themselves and to be encouraged. And yet, what we say to ourselves the majority of the times are the things we would never want to say about anyone else.
At my church, the ladies are doing a study called, "Me, Myself, & Lies" by Jennifer Rothschild. The study is about your "thought closet" and the things you tell yourself. The first day had us think about the I am's we say about ourselves, like:
I am a daughter.
I am an airhead.
I am a procrastinator.
I am caring.
I am ______
Fill in the blanks about yourself.
The point is... what we tell ourselves, will eventually come out in our actions, then in our habits, and then in our character. It all points to how we need to be capturing every thought, before it becomes something more.
At first, when I read through, I told myself that I was half positive and half negative about myself. That I was just being realistic. But God got me thinking and he pointed out that I have some serious destructive thinking and it really is coming out in my life. I see it mainly in my attitude. When I am destructive in my thinking, I pass it along and become braver in what I say to others.
Since, the first lesson, I have seriously been trying to capture every thought and train my thoughts to honor and praise God. Not to destroy his child.
What about you? Are your thoughts destructive?
One more thing....
We read the verse Psalm 139:1-4, which hits me every time I read it. And we had to put our name in each blank to make it more personal, and it hit even more.
"O Lord, you have searched __________
and you know _________.
"You know when _______ sits and when ______ rises;
you perceive _______'s thoughts from afar.
You discern _____'s going out and _____'s lying down.
Before a word is on ______'s tongue
you know it completely, O Lord."
Psalm 139:1-4
Put your name in the blanks and say it out loud. It changes it more.
and you know _________.
"You know when _______ sits and when ______ rises;
you perceive _______'s thoughts from afar.
You discern _____'s going out and _____'s lying down.
Before a word is on ______'s tongue
you know it completely, O Lord."
Psalm 139:1-4
Put your name in the blanks and say it out loud. It changes it more.
Wow, this doesn't just mean that He knows me like our friends and family or even know us like the closest person around. He knows us far more deeper than any human get get. Wow. Can you just imagine someone knowing your every thought and your every intention. Even the thoughts and intentions that you don't even realize, He knows them. He knows them before they even come around to you. THAT is someone who truly knows you.
That scares me like none other, but it also gives me so much peace and comfort, that I cannot hide anything from God. Even if I wanted to. Wow.
So, as you continue through your days... capture your every thought.
