I am working through a great study called “Me, Myself & Lies” by Jennifer Rothschild.
Today’s lesson was just hard hitting for me.
Jennifer’s whole premise of the book is about builing our “thought closet” to represent the truths we hold of ourselves, not the negatives.
Her example today was great.
“You spot a wad of fabric near a trash can. As you approach, the stench accosts you! Even so, you pick up the nasty fabric and discover it’s a woman’s blouse. Hmm, you think, I wear blouses! I wouldn’t have chosen this one, but here it is…So you hang it by your favorite jeans and think, I don’t like this, but it’s here, so I guess I’ll keep it. Now the whole closet reeks and your clean, lovely clothes get dirty as you shove it in place. It has no value; but now it’s yours.” (from “Me, Myself & Lies” by Jennifer Rothschild)
Isn’t that true of what we think of ourselves? One, stinky, untruth can destroy the library of good things that we think of ourself. “Library of good things?” you say? That’s where we have to start. We often find it hard to say good, truthful things of ourselves.
Make a list. “I am…..” Don’t let the one, ugly thought come in and destroy your words. Don’t say, “I am fat, I am ugly, I am not smart.”
Remember, God made us the way we are and loves us right at this very moment, the way we are!
Today I Am Thankful For:
1. Bible Study
2. barking dogs
3. renewed passion
4. my hubby not traveling again until September!
5. preparing to send my son to camp
