This park is my special place. Before my first chemo treatment I sat here and prayed to God 5 simple words, “May your will be done“. At that point I did not know what was going to happen or what the journey was going to look like, but I released it to him that day.
I invite you to pray this simple prayer with me. God, may your will be done in my life.
Whatever goals you’re working on or the dreams you have I encourage you to hand them over to God and ask him to guide and lead you.
Romans 12:2 tells us that the renewing of our mind will literally transform us. To accomplish our goals we must have the mindset of Christ, which is positive. I firmly believe I would not be where I am today if I would have given up and had a negative mindset when I was learning to walk again after my illness.
How are you doing with your mindset? What is your mind focused on?
Lets say our affirmation together: I am worthy.
Whatever your goal is I want you to know YOU CAN DO IT!!! We can do this together.
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Linda I couldn’t agree with you more. I know the reason I am alive nearly two years after I was told I had six months left to live is because I face my medical trails with Hope and have a positive mindset rooted in my Faith in Jesus. It is a choice to wake up every morning rejoicing and grateful no matter the pain or trouble!
I have been struggling with my last two blog posts, I am listening to the lies and labels the enemy places on me about not being worthy (#WorthyofAMiracle) and good enough for what God has planned for me. I know they are lies but my flesh is seemingly clinging to them this week.
Your kind words encouraged and motivated me and I do let God’s word wash over me with His truth and I know He has anointed, equipped and empowered me to live out His plan and will for my life but having you ask where our mindset and focus are I realized why I am struggling.
Now off to Blog!
I am so excited for your book and am praying daily for you, your family, this last stretch of the process and the big release date!
Thank you! Love and Hugs your way!
Sweet sweet Melissa, you’ve got that right sister YOU ARE WORTHY!!!! I’m so excited you are continuing to write your blog post. One thing I wanted to share with you is no matter how many people comment on your post or how many followers you have keep going. The numbers do not matter. It takes time to build an audience, but what I’ve learned from my readers is some of them have been following me for years and never comment. But then I’ll hear how I’ve helped them all these years. 🙂 So you never know what sentence you write that will change a life. Keep up the good work my friend. xoxox YOU ARE WORTHY!!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
Thank you Linda. I am so thankful that Jesus laid that truth on my heart before I even started. I am blogging to be obedient and the only reader I care about is my Lord. And…I was one of those people who rarely commented on a blog that spoke to me, your blog being one of them and now I am blessed to call you friend!
Amen, Linda! You are right on! I think it is true of life also -that our impact is far more rippling & profound than we can ever imagine. I sometimes catch myself musing over what may be revealed in heaven one day -will I see that my life rippled & impacted far beyond my knowing in the here & now? That I spent time feeling overlooked, insignificant, defective & defeated & find that the reality is that I just wasn’t seeing with kingdom eyes? That my upside down kingdom God saw it much differently -noted every loving sacrifice, every right baby step action, attitude? Will I hear stories of people who were changed because of my faithfulness to love, to speak truth, to set an example of following wholeheartedly after Him? the musing gives me hope as I faithfully, yet imperfectly try to follow His leading. Melissa, I’m praying for you. This thought battle is HUGE! We take ground, feel victorious for a moment & then, boom! they hit again. We’ve planted them so deeply that it will take time to uproot all their tentacles -in the meantime I’m trying to rejoice that my thoughts are more often correct than before & that I don’t have to listen to the lies or blindly follow my feelings. I can act independently of my feelings & choose to speak the truth & act on it. My mutinous feelings fight, but then give way before my stubborn refusal to allow them my attention or reign over my actions. He is truth. Not them. He is your shield, your strong tower, the one who shelters you under His wings; the one who flies a banner of love over you. Who loves you lavishly. Hold fast in His strength- build those truth muscles! <3
I forgot, I wanted to tell you, Melissa, that one thing that has been helpful for me in this thought battle is to take stock when the battle is harder- ask questions like- am I tired? hungry? overdoing/overcommitted? Have I been getting adequate sleep & exercise? Eating well or bingeing/eating junky food? Dehydrated? Have I just come off of a spiritual high/victory/being used by God? Am I comparing? What has my talk been like -complaining or praising? Have I made time for relationships/refreshment time or been consumed with doing? I find when I’m depleted mentally/physically etc. that the thoughts are more unruly & hit harder & my resistance is weaker. Sometimes just getting up & taking a walk or drinking some water or taking a nap or calling a friend, hugging someone, encouraging someone else or blessing them, putting on uplifting music & dancing…you get the idea 🙂 Is enough to give me the boost I need to talk back to those bad boys! I also consider myself to be in the convalescence stage -I need frequent truth in-fillings thru out the day -quiet time & journaling in the early morning, listening to the Online Bible, listening to Joyce Meyer’s Daily broadcast -she’s been a huge help to me- reviewing my journal at lunch time; listening to truth -filled music thru out the day [a personal favorite is Jeremy Camp]; reading the Bible or a book, like Joyce Meyer’s, “You Can Begin Again” before I fall to sleep. I also have a list of affirmations I read each day & am amazed at how they will come to mind when I’m feeling weak or in a stretching circumstance -like Linda’s, “I am worthy”. I affirm that I am a victor not a victim. That I am living from His truth & not dictated by my emotions -that sort of thing. Hoping I haven’t overwhelmed you. Hugs.
God, may Your will be done in my life. Thank you. I am worthy. 🙂
Love and hugs to you, Linda Kuhar.
AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!! ((hugs)) & love to you Melissa
I do believe mindset is so important. I have struggled with self-image my entire life so I constantly have to check/adjust my mindset. Learning to surrender, while it make so much sense, still is not first nature for me but I am working at it. It is like I finally am proud to be in my skin and now I have to hand it over to God. No fair…
But God “my your will be done in my life”!!!!
Ayesha I think I’m going to be learning to surrender till the day I die! lol Seriously, ever time I overcome one obstacle God shows me the next thing I have to give up to him. I’m currently having to surrender more than I EVER have in my entire life. God wants every ounce of me. He is my Lord and He deserves it all. I’m learning to stop focusing on “me” and keep my eyes on Jesus. It’s not easy with the distractions of life but when I completely focus on him I have so much joy and peace. It’s so worth it.
I am struggling with my goal not so much the goal as did I choose the right goal when I first saw your post the first thing that came to mind was my sweet addiction I have been battling this for a long time and have give it to God and taken it back and given it to God and taken it back and given it to God well u get the picture soooo when I decided to sign up for this challenge I thought not again I’m just going to go w a different goal which is still my ultimate goal and I believe my calling to become a Christian life coach and encourager but this thought about the sweet addiction keeps resounding in my head especially every time I read your blog … This weekend I helped with our college and careers retreat and the devotion I spoke on was what’s holding you back from a closer relationship with the Lord something in your past that someone did to you something you have done something you struggle with etc and I gave them a rock and told them whatever that thing is to take that rock as a symbol and throw it in the lake and let go and let God have it and I threw my sweet addiction away but I know I will need a lot of surrender and prayer to leave it there ! I don’t want it to hinder me following Gods will for my life I also gave them another rock to keep and for that rock I ask them to think about what their gift is from the Lord that they can use to shine His light to a lost and hurting world and I truly believe that my rock is to be an encourager and I want to follow His will and use my gift of encouragement to share Jesus and help others find their rock in Jesus !
Linda, you couldn’t be more right on. Years of struggle with overcoming much adversity, pain, wounding found me realizing that I was my own worst enemy. Saying things to myself that I would be appalled to hear anyone say to someone else. Things I would never think to say to anyone, yet this was my internal dialogue. Shame, self-hatred, self-bullying, guilting -ugh! Such a nasty mess. I’ve been working on my thoughts for some time now, little by little taking back the ground I handed over to the enemy so easily. Learning to lean hard into Him as my sufficiency, my truth, my true love. Taking thoughts captive & learning to strip the habitual emotions provoked by those habitual thoughts of their power to ruin my day, my life.Learning to interrupt & talk back to the lies. Learning to ground my identity in Him. To cease striving & to simply rest in faith. There are good moments -high-flying moments of victory & there are low moments when the struggle is harder. But the highs are finally gaining ground as I’m truly understanding that His way is the way of peace & life.