"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" we've all heard that saying.. and thats the biggest lie EVER.. words hurt. bad. The Bible says in Proverbs 18:21 ESV...Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.... Matthew 15:18 ESV...But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.Proverbs 12:18 ESV ...There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Ephesians 4:29 ESV...Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear....Matthew 12:37 ESV....For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
"you'll never amount to anything"... "youre not good enough"... "youre ugly"... "youre a bad friend/child/etc".. "youre nothing but trouble".. "youre not worth being friends with"... or "youre not worth having in my life" .. "you dont deserve another chance"... "its your fault this or that happened" .. "i wish i wouldve never met you".. "youll never have the boldness to do that".. "youll never sing loud.. youll never stand up and speak in front of people".. and the list goes on..
Those are just a few examples of things spoken to me in my life and I'm sure others have heard it in their own lives too (btw this isnt meant to you mom, youre the best lol) While I have definitely forgiven the ones who have spoke this in the past.. I've never forgotten and not sure I can.. our words scar.. we HAVE to be careful what we say.. its wrong to put others down. I've been guilty of it, we all speak out of anger.
We've all been talked about.. some of us, I'm certain still are.. but it doesnt make us who we are. Personally, I have been condemned recently even when being totally honest and open and trying to help, I've been told I'm lying and starting trouble.. with the words that fly out of people's mouths.. while theyre sooo certain they know.. I thank God that HE knows the truth, and while I've tried to prove myself, after praying, I'm like ah, God has this .. I don't care anymore.. He knows I was honest.. and He'll reveal truth at some point. He knows my heart!
Our own friends and family.. sometimes sadly even our own brothers and sisters in Christ, put us down like this.. and that hurts the most because as a christian we KNOW that God commands us to love..and not condemn.. if we start to question truth.. then pray about it instead of jumping to conclusions.. lift each other up.. quit loving one minute then suddenly youre tearing people down. Thats NOT God.. thats the enemy and hes enjoying every single moment.. and sometimes we get so blinded by him we dont even want to try to see the truth.
What happens when all these words and bad things are spoken to us.... we start to see ourselves with so much negativity that we don't see the truth. We look in the mirror and instead of seeing what God has made us to be. we see ugliness... we put ourselves down... we get bitter.. we have anger.. and unforgiveness. We start to treat others the way we've been treated and eventually they'll do it to someone else if they let it get to them that much
we start to feel empty.. unwanted..unloved.. we wonder if anyone is being honest with us when theyre being nice and we start to expect them to hurt us next.
But if we start to pray.. and seek God and ask Him to show us truth.. to wipe away all these things that have been spoken over us.. to guide our paths and to help us stay strong.. all those things we feel, start to slowly disappear. He takes our scars away. He loves us like no other! He forgives us, and He sees us for who we really are.. we can mess up over and over and over again but Hes right there waiting.. making us stronger.. showing us love.. unconditional love.. and so much mercy. Then we start to meet people we NEED in our lives.. the ones who show love no matter what, and not judge..they lift us up.. they encourage us..they speak truth.... The Bible tells us, we are the head and not the tail.... that God has plans for our future.. we have a promise in Him.. we are forgiven.. we are free.
I'm not what people say I am.. I'm what GOD says I am.. and that tells me... I'm great ... seriously though.. its amazing knowing that no matter what.. He is there.. He's my life.. I surrender all to Him. I pray that you all see who you are in Him and not let anything spoken over you or to you.. change who you are and who youre meant to be. Leave it all to Him.. and love everyone.. even the ones who hurt you.. and pray for them to see truth.. its ok to move on too.. no need to be around that stuff. but just continue to love no matter what.. and I truly believe if we started to do that and lift each other up.. we'll see change :)
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