I woke up this morning and made the mistake of checking out Facebook before I even got out of bed. ---- Horrible mistake.
Do I ever get off Facebook feeling better than I did before?
Ok, maybe occasionally, but it is pretty rare. Most of the time, I close out Facebook with one of these thoughts in my mind. Sometimes they are conscious thoughts, but more often they are subconscious.
“I am not good enough.”
“I don’t have enough."
“I am way behind in life.”
“I need to work harder.”
“I need to eat healthier. Exercise more. Look nicer.”
Blah, blah, BLAH!
Even writing out these thoughts, I can hear the nasty voices in my mind! They tell me I’m not enough, that I never will be. They are like awful mosquitos that keep buzzing around my head. No matter how many times I swat at them, they keep coming back.
I have a name for these horrible things.
Lies.
No really, that is what they are. And I am done listening to them.
I have a choice about what voices I let inside my mind. And I choose to listen to the voice of truth that tells a different story. John 8:32 says, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
I don’t know about you, but I want to be set free from these lies, the mosquitos of deceit.
In order to be set free, I have to know the truth.
So what is the truth? It is not about who I am to the world, but about whom I belong to!
I am a child of God.
I am loved with an unconditional love.
I am forgiven.
I am redeemed.
And I am set free.
When I start seeing myself through God’s eyes, everything changes. I no longer have to worry about being enough. I am His, and that is enough.
Now, back to the mosquitos. If you know a certain place is overrun with the big, nasty mosquitos, do you spend lots of time there? Probably not. I am not saying that Facebook is bad or that I am never going to be on it. I just need to stop visiting it so often. And when I do go there, I need to be covered with some serious bug spray, a protection of God’s truth that can block the lies that come at me.
Do I ever get off Facebook feeling better than I did before?
Ok, maybe occasionally, but it is pretty rare. Most of the time, I close out Facebook with one of these thoughts in my mind. Sometimes they are conscious thoughts, but more often they are subconscious.
“I am not good enough.”
“I don’t have enough."
“I am way behind in life.”
“I need to work harder.”
“I need to eat healthier. Exercise more. Look nicer.”
Blah, blah, BLAH!
Even writing out these thoughts, I can hear the nasty voices in my mind! They tell me I’m not enough, that I never will be. They are like awful mosquitos that keep buzzing around my head. No matter how many times I swat at them, they keep coming back.
I have a name for these horrible things.
Lies.
No really, that is what they are. And I am done listening to them.
I have a choice about what voices I let inside my mind. And I choose to listen to the voice of truth that tells a different story. John 8:32 says, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
I don’t know about you, but I want to be set free from these lies, the mosquitos of deceit.
In order to be set free, I have to know the truth.
So what is the truth? It is not about who I am to the world, but about whom I belong to!
I am a child of God.
I am loved with an unconditional love.
I am forgiven.
I am redeemed.
And I am set free.
When I start seeing myself through God’s eyes, everything changes. I no longer have to worry about being enough. I am His, and that is enough.
Now, back to the mosquitos. If you know a certain place is overrun with the big, nasty mosquitos, do you spend lots of time there? Probably not. I am not saying that Facebook is bad or that I am never going to be on it. I just need to stop visiting it so often. And when I do go there, I need to be covered with some serious bug spray, a protection of God’s truth that can block the lies that come at me.