The POWER of words.

I feel like God has been teaching me SO many things right now. I know that for a long time I have believed a lot of lies from the enemy. That is never any fun! So Lately I have been working on moving my lies out of my head and believing the truths that I know. Much more fun!!

A huge lie that I have struggled with for 9 years now (feels like a long time but in the scheme of things I know that it is really not that long) is having babies. Aj and I were married for 6 1/2 years before the Lord blessed us with Rylee. And those 6 1/2 years felt like FOREVER. I wanted kids right away. I was that person in high school who talked about getting married and having kids. I never had any big dreams of going to college, finding an amazing career, and THEN have kids. I knew I wanted them quickly. So for those 6 1/2 years I ended up saying all the time "I can't have kids", or " I have a hard time getting pregnant". The whole time I was saying these things I did not think about the power these words could have!

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit you choose. ~ Proverbs 18:21 message

God has been reminding me of this verse a lot lately. After Rylee of course I have not been able to say "I can't have kids" of course. And I feel like the luckiest mama in the world to be HER mommy!! She makes being a mommy so much fun and brings me so much joy on a daily basis!!

But for awhile I have been saying "I have a hard time getting pregnant". Now granted I have been pregnant 3 times in the last 2 years....but unfortunately I did not get to keep any of those babies. So I had still been saying that "I have a hard time getting pregnant".

God has REALLY been showing me the power of those words. And it makes me SO very sad to realize that I had been speaking death into my life, not speaking life into myself. I truly believe that there is REAL power to our words. And I have decided that it is time to make some changes!! I have been working on it for awhile now. Instead of saying that "I have a hard time getting pregnant" {Lie} I have decided to say "We have children in God's timing" {Truth}. After saying that lie for so many years though {almost 9} it is a hard habit to break. I have noticed so many times that I will start to say my lie. It just flows out of my mouth. But now I try to catch myself before I say it. And if I do end up saying it I apologize to the person I was talking to and tell them the TRUTH! We have kids in God's timing. And his timing is PERFECT!!

Are there anythings that you struggle with in believing a lie, and then SPEAKING it?? If so I know it is super hard to change that habit of the words. But I encourage you to SPEAK the truth and let the blessings of power flow through your words. Like I said this has been a BIG lesson for me to learn and I am still really working on it. I hope you find some encouragement in it! And I hope that you can feel God's love in your life. It is the most beautiful feeling in the world!

xoxoxo