THE MOUTH SPEAKS
Have you ever been shocked by what came out of your
mouth? I’m talking about those times
when someone pushes and pushes and pushes until a truth you’re not even willing
to admit to yourself just spews out.
Sometimes it is a core belief about yourself that comes
from junk that happened 5, 10 or more years ago. Sometime it comes from experiences that you
go through again and again and again.
There are as many reasons for the junk as there are people who carry
it.
Getting rid of it can be painful and messy. Like cleaning up after a sick baby messy. Or cleaning out the fridge after the veggies
have gotten slimy messy. Or cleaning up
after you’ve gutted fish messy. (I could go on but I think you get the picture.)
One thing is for sure, it won’t get better until you
stick your hands down into it and rip it out by the roots. But how?
Especially, when you’re not willing to admit to yourself it’s there!
That’s where the Holy Spirit comes in.
The spirit of man is the candle
of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:27 (KJV)
O Lord, you give me light; you dispel my darkness.
Psalm 18:28 (GNT)
Had that happen Sunday night. No, no one else was there so they didn’t get
spewed on (thank goodness). Just a conversation between me and the Holy
Spirit. We were discussing something
that had happened that day. I was taking
my usual negative drama queen stance (I know you’re shocked by my admission of
drama-queenism) and He kept pushing and pushing and pushing.
Man…
Have I resolved it yet?
Honestly, no. I am a dot-the-Is,
cross-the-Ts kind of person. I want to
understand why something is the way it is so, I will study it from every angle
before I make a decision. (Yes, this does make walking in faith harder since faith, by definition,
is not based on understanding.)
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