Speak Life

This morning I awoke from a dream that sparked instant emotions inside me. I wanted to roll back over and fall right back into that dream. It was of something I miss so much, something my heart aches for everyday. However I rolled over and sobbed into my pillow, silently whispering, "Today is going to be a bad day isn't it." Within that instance I remembered what my friend Danielle said at our weekly Domestic Violence meetings. She said, "Speak life, every morning find a way to speak life." So I wiped the tears from my eyes and did exactly what she said. "Yeshua, I come to you asking for your grace to overwhelm me today, bring into my day happiness, strength, and courage. Today is going to be amazing, and I am going to use today to make  myself one step closer to fulfilling your will."

Now we all go through our own personal struggles in life. I have come to know in the last two weeks that everyone out there is struggling with something. I am so thankful for the group meetings I attend because I have been able to surround myself with very strong, passionate women who are able to comfort one another in their own time of need. I have also learned ways to overcome situations in life through those meetings. What I have learned I want to share with everyone who follows my blog. I want to share this because I hope it speaks to someone out there who is also going through a hard time. 

As the human race, we are overcomers of all obstacles in our lives. Sometimes our situations are more difficult than others. People do not merely overcome and then change, for we change because of how we overcame. We change because of our behaviors when we are dealing with our struggle, because of our mindsets, because we see hope in ourselves. We change for the better when we really want change, when we see that staying the same is harder than becoming someone new. Changing up our thoughts, our behaviours, and our situations, this is what sparks inner growth and inner peace. When you speak life into your situations you set the tone for the rest of your day, and the rest of your life. If you wake up and say, "Today is going to suck!" Then you bet your fine little cheeks that it is going to suck, for you already spoke life into your day. I am a very strong believer that the words you put out there, evolve and take on motion in your life. When you are having a hard day, a hard week, a hard year, I get how easy it is to just mope around in a self fulfilled depression, believe me I have been there, I am there right now! However we have control over all of that, so speak life. No matter how hard your day seems, no matter what obstacle comes at you, speak life into it. I know it is hard to stop your mind from dwindling into depression, but just stop and force yourself to say, "Although I know I am going through a tough situation, and I may not be in control of my situation, but I know I have control of how I handle it, and because I am in control of myself today is going to be amazing. I am going to use today to become stronger, more courageous, happier, more loving, and more forgiving. Today is my day to shine." Speak life and believe it and I promise you, tomorrow will be that much easier!