As this year comes to a close, and as I was taking down the Christmas ornaments, I was reminded of all of the great memories we have made as a family as represented by what we hang on our tree. Whether its Kat's 17 month old handprint from 2002, or the paper moose made from tracing Ry's hands and feet, or the plethora of Disney ornaments, I was left with the satisfying feeling of being very blessed. We were healthy and safe this year and all together. I know not every family can say that.
Like Karen, I reread some of my past posts. I discovered that I wrote a lot about starting and failing. Why did i mostly focus on the negative? I read a statistic this morning that 80 percent of self talk is negative. And negative self talk leads to negative results. I'm living proof of that. Therefore it seemed fitting that one of the songs we sung this morning was "Jesus, my only hope." One of the lines states "when satan's accusations make my poor heart afraid, I hear my King declaring Father, that debt is paid!!" I was reminded that I do not need to speak negatively. I am forgiven and am a new creature in Christ.
One of the parts of the miracle morning includes affirmations, which I admit caused me to be a little skeptical. I wondered if Christians should be using affirmations. Turns out there are a host of websites, CDs and books on the topic. One such website is written by Maurice Lindsey. His article "15 Affirmations that will change your life (if you believe)" has just the right amount of affirmations I was looking for. So I quickly bookmarked it, but not before speaking them....twice.
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