Shame,
fear and insecurities fuel our feelings of imperfection and not being able to
measure up to expectations from our self and others. We pull our self up by our
bootstraps, and force our self to try harder after each incident where we feel
that we failed.
Critics
in our past often fostered a need in us for perfection and codependence in our
lifestyle. We continue to drive our self into an early grave by the illnesses
we develop in our attempt to gain the good opinion of the significant people in
our life.
This
actually allows demonic oppression to survive in the deepest part of our soul.
We loathe our self and find it hard to even look into our eyes in the mirror.
The inner psychic damage done by these negative encounters wound our spirit,
soul and body.
Our
"Inner Parent" will often assume a critical role that mirrors some
adult from our past. These negative assertions repeat in our subconscious mind
and surface into our conscious mind at crucial junctures in our life. Even
words spoken in gest will haunt us into adulthood.
Neglect,
abuse and abandonment are also negative aspects that hound us each day of our
life, especially if they are perpetuated by someone in our current life.
Positive feedback from our significant family and friends will go a long way in
helping us to combat the negative "tapes" that replay in our mind.
God
has plans to heal us in our body, soul and spirit as we submit to His Spirit's
guidance and comfort each moment of our day. He uses constant exposure to
criticism, abuse, neglect, disappointment and unmet expectations to weaken our
human resolve to keep trying, until we finally give up.
That
is the best place to which we can arrive in our lifetime. We stop attempting to
pick up our self over and over; and instead, we allow our self to fall into His
waiting arms. We totally surrender to God's will for our life, and trust Him to
care for us in each moment of our day (Proverbs 3:5-6).
Prayer:
Father
God, our discouragement with our life allows us to reach up and place our hand
squarely in Your hand. You traverse the rocky seas of life both in us and right
beside us, just waiting for us to fully submit our self to Your safe-keeping.
You replace the negative mental patterns that we adopted (Romans 12:2), and
give us the authority of Your Word on which to base our thoughts and opinion of
our self.
Teach
us that we can "parent" our self with nurturing acceptance of our
strengths and our weaknesses (Matthew 18:3; Psalm 131:2), as we look to Your
Word for Your opinion of us, as well as Your truth about who we really are in
Christ. With Christ abiding within us (Galatians 2:20), we have faith for today
and hope for tomorrow. We see our self as You see us, while Your Holy Spirit
replaces our negative characteristics with the divine nature of Christ in us (2
Peter 1:4).
Thought
for the Day:
Learning
to laugh at our blunders and not to take our self so seriously will aid us in
healing from the effects of reactions our words and actions elicit from our
friends, relatives, associates and neighbors; we are human, and failings are a
part of our human existence; however, God's strengths are made evident through our
weaknesses.
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2 Corinthians 12:9
