Call it what you will but I’ve been living under a lie for the last few years. If you asked me (or even if you didn’t) I would have told you that I’m a glass half full kind of girl. I believe I’m very positive and I’d have said that I have my attitude sorted; I am positive and I know how lucky I am and I’m grateful for all I have.
But last Saturday as I sat listening to Angela Kemm at a conference I had a fresh revelation – there is so much work for me (for you Lord) to do in this area. Yes I’ve made massive progress and leaps forward since becoming a Christian fourteen years ago but actually I still have that negativity and unbelief at the heart of me.
On the Thursday before I went along to my coached running session and it wasn’t easy. My coach Jax was pushing me and I said something along the lines of being too heavy to do something and quick as a flash she stopped and talked good forthright sense to me and told me to stop with the negativity, I talk as if I’m the heaviest woman alive and I’m not.
What she did was give me a good old virtual slap round the cheek and pass the message on to me ‘get over yourself Mich’. I needed to hear this and Angela picked up on it and spoke similar to me again on Saturday and as I walked out of the conference I was reminded that I need to change my thinking. There is no more I can’t, everything must be I can. The Bible tells me –
‘I can do all things through him who strengthens me’ Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
So today Lord, in your strength I stand on my virtual soapbox and say yes Lord…
I can lose weight
I can run for fitness and fun
I can be a good wife
I can be whatever God destined for me
I am enough and today God is already very satisfied with me, whether I change or not.
He loves me and is pleased.
Thank you father. Mich xx
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Amen! This is brilliant Mich! So powerful. Praise God for the “I can”s and the “I am”s. I love that “I am enough and today God is already very satisfied with me…”
Thanks so much Joanna. He is really pushing me forward these last couple of months and it feels great! Mich x
Oh Michelle, I am SO HAPPY to hear that you are truly finding freedom in Christ. You are more than enough, you are worthy and you are loved by a Savior who desires to love you and shower you in His grace moment by moment, day by day. What a lovely post you shared. So glad I stopped by! xoxo
Oh Nicki, what a pleasure to meet an encourager like you. Thank you so much. Mich x
Besides John 3:16, Phil 4:13 was one of the first bible verses I learned. I was given it by my friend at Uni before I gave my testimony at Christian Union Mission week not long after becoming a Christian. It is my go to verse…when I feel like I can’t, it tell’s me with God’s strength I can.
Stick with it…Because one of my other favourite bible passages, Psalm 139 reminds us we are ‘wonderfully made’…knitted together in our mother’s womb by God himself…He doesn’t make mistakes!
Psalm 139 is my verse, about a decade ago I went on a weekend retreat all around this psalm and it was so impacting. Thanks Jane. Mich x