1 Peter 3:10

"For whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceit;"

From when I was young, my mom always told me that what and how you speak to yourself and others will become the reality of your mind and heart. It proved right when I was in a deep depression. So I let my mind wander into the beliefs of not being worthy of good, I'll never be successful, I have nothing to offer to my friends or future partner, the Lord wouldn't give me such heartache if He loved me, etc. All of these were from the enemy because he knew that I was so vulnerable and would believe anything that came to my mind, regardless of what other people said.

It also proved to be true when I was feeling as though I was in a good frame of mind. That I was doing well in my relationships, in health, good space mentally... so I must not be worthless! But the second something went wrong, it went back to those negative thoughts about myself and my life.

Growing in my relationship with Christ has come with a lot of questions, as they are to come. However, the more firm and steadfast I was in my identity as God's child, the more unphased I became to situations, people, things that were of this world. Now, don't get me wrong, following Jesus is costly and there will be seasons of pure sorrow and heartache. It's not an easy path to follow and only a select few will speak life into you. But it's important you find those few.

I learned how to speak life into myself so that I would experience better days, even if the circumstances weren't ideal by any means and would've caused hell in my mind before I knew Jesus. Thankfully, I learned how to speak life to and over others more than I do myself. The blessing of being able to do that for other people is one of the sweetest experiences and ways I can provide for another. I'm still working on loving life and seeing more good days than bad amidst the change that my life is experiencing currently, but it's such an important thing you can do for yourself and those you love.

Simple, loving words can make such a beautiful difference in this dark world. I want to encourage you to see the beauty, how quickly a change of belief and mind can make all the difference when you speak life and not evil into not only today, but possibly hard days too.