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"Words can build you up,
Words can break you down

Start a fire in your heart or

Put it out"

- Hawk Nelson, "Words"

It never ceases to amaze me, the words that can come out of my mouth. I would say I have a fairly consistent personality, and I have learned early on, that I can't take anything back, that I have said. So even in my anger, I feel I can control myself. 

THEN, I catch the dog eating our supper on the counter and the "stupid dog, you are such an idiot! AHHHHHHH I don't even know why I have a dog in the first place.", rings out of my mouth. Then it slowly shifts to, "I am so stupid! I should NEVER have left that out on the counter, I should have put her in the kennel, I should be more careful. Sorry puppy momma yelled at you. AHHHHHHHH Maria, don't be such an idiot! The dog just eats food...it was right there".

If you have never done this, you are a better person that I am. I seem to be the hardest on myself. I am mean to me. That's not fair!  We know the words we say to ourselves every day. Ugh, I'm so fat; eat another Maria; just throw out all the clothes you are saving to wear, you are NEVER going to get there. 

 Or how about your parenting, being a wife, we all have days where we really speak negatively to ourselves.

This has to stop.

So, this year, when I hear the negative voices inside my head, I WILL stop. I will say nice things about myself. AND I will go a step further. When I hear the negative voices in my head about OTHERS, I will say nice things about them.

One small step for me....learning to be nice to myself, so that the light of Jesus can shine through my life, and hopefully shine in some of the dark places that others find themselves!

♪♫Let my words be LIFE, let my words be TRUTH, I don't wanna say a word, unless it points the world, back to you ♪♫

{Maria}