Let me explain how this fear came about.  In one of my writings on another site, I made a mistake and hurt someone.  The mistake was not intentional and honestly, my intention was to to help the person, not hurt them.  I was persecuted for my mistake and I simply felt terrible.  This experience stopped me in my tracks.  I allowed it to cut off a part of my life that I enjoyed so deeply.

I feel that this blog is part of my purpose.  I write so that others may know that they are not alone and hopefully others will have a deeper, richer love walk with God.  By not writing, I was not being obedient to God and His plan for my life.  Thank God I had a wonderful life coach and one of my dear friends help me to see that I needed to get over my fear and start writing again.  I quickly repented for allowing this fear to stop me and decided I had to move on.

Friends, I tell you all this because fear is very real and if we allow fear to control our lives, it can prevent us from having all of God’s blessings.  The devil knows that he can use fear to control us and stop us from doing what God has called us to do for Him here on earth.  The only way we can overcome fear is with faith.  We must have faith in God that He will bring us through any circumstance that life dishes out to us!

I encourage you to watch this 4 minute video.  It blessed me and I pray that it blesses you!

The devil loves to plant seeds of lies into our lives that can feed our fears.  Those lies that we believe are our negative self talk.  We need to fill our thoughts with God’s words so that we can have positive self talk!  The devil was planting the lies in me that I was not good enough to write and that I shouldn’t write again.  I was believing these lies and actually saying these things to myself in my mind.  Thank God, I am finally believing the truth, which is God’s word that He tells me about myself.  As long as I was continuing to believe the lie of the devil, I was trapped in my fear.   Remember:  self talk is based on our thoughts, our thoughts determine our attitude and our attitude determines our actions.  Change your thoughts, change your life!  I am curious and would love to know, what is your self talk?

God bless,

Kristen

leaving the city of regret

I had not really planned on taking a trip this time of year, and yet I found myself packing rather hurriedly.  This trip was going to be unpleasant and I knew in advance that no real good would come of it.  I’m talking about my annual “Guilt Trip.”

I got tickets to fly there on WISH I HAD airlines.  It was an extremely short flight.  I got my baggage, which I could not check.  I chose to carry it myself all the way.  It was weighted down with a thousand memories of what might have been.  No one greeted me as I entered the terminal to the Regret City International Airport.  I say international because people from all over the world come to this dismal town.

As I checked into the Last Resort Hotel, I noticed that they would be hosting the year’s most important event, the Annual Pity Party.  I wasn’t going to miss that great social occasion. Many of the town’s leading citizens would be there.

First, there would be the Done family – you know, Should Have Done, Would Have Done, and Could Have Done.  Then came the I Had family.  You probably know ole Wish I Had and his clan.  Of course, the Opportunities would be present, Missed and Lost.

The biggest family would be the Yesterdays.  There are far too many of them to count, but each one would have a very sad story to share.

Then Shattered Dreams would surely make an appearance.  And It’s Their Fault would regale us with stories (excuses) about how things had failed in his life.  Each story would be loudly applauded by Don’t Blame Me and I Couldn’t Help It.

Well, to make a long story short, I went to this depressing party knowing that there would be no real benefit in doing so.  And, as usual, I became very depressed.  But as I thought about all of the stories of failures brought back from the past, it occurred to me that the remainder of this trip and subsequent “pity parties”could be canceled by ME!  I started to truly realize that I did not have to be there.  I didn’t have to be depressed.  One thing kept going through my mind, I CAN’T CHANGE YESTERDAY, BUT I DO HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE TODAY A WONDERFUL DAY.  I can be happy, joyous, fulfilled, encouraged, as well as encouraging.  Knowing this, I left the City of Regret immediately and left no forwarding address.  Am I sorry for mistakes I’ve made in the past? Yes!  But there is no physical way to undo them.

So, if you’re planning a trip back to the City of Regret, please cancel all your reservations now.  Instead, take a trip to Starting Again.  I liked it so much that I have now taken up permanent residence there.  My neighbors, the I Forgive Myselfs and the New Starts, are very helpful.  By the way, you don’t have to carry around heavy baggage, because the load is lifted from your shoulders upon arrival.  God bless you in finding this great town.  If you can find it – it’s in your own heart – please look me up.  I live on I CAN DO IT street.

I pray that you are blessed as much by this story as I was.  Remember, life is full of choices.  I challenge you today to choose happiness.  Remember, “Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you] watchfully.” 1 Peter 5:7 I pray you have a blessed day!

God bless,

Kristen

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