Your thoughts sometimes lie to you – that’s what I realized today.
It’s 12 : 14 PM on day 1526 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Isaiah 13, publish my Disability of the Day feature, stretch my hamstrings, promote my Educate Generations campaign– on $830 – feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, read The Paradox of Choice – an interesting post about how having lots of choices makes us likely not to choose at all – and continue promoting my campaign – still on $830.
Today I realized that your thoughts sometimes lie to you sometimes I catch myself thinking nobody cares [about anything I’m trying to do] I’m talking to myself at which point I visit my fundraising page to see that at least eighteen people besides me care. Do you often believe your deceptive thoughts?
There is darkness in our hearts. Sometimes, it is ours. Sometimes, demons speak lies through it. We must bring light there. And we must let God bring light there. Or that darkness will continue. Or, worse, it may fester and grow.
When there is a great and stubborn darkness in the human heart, God will cut us down as you read in the prophetic words written in Isaiah 13. Some strongly believe that the day of the Lord is near. That God shall soon pour out the wine of his wrath and put men, women and children to death. For their evil ways.
Anticipation of that day of the Lord is not without cause. This is an evil and lawless generation.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…
Galatians 5:22-23
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Grow the fruit of the spirit and such darkness shall retreat in the face of God.
Most of the time the darkness is ours we must shine the light on it.