“You are a temple of God, and the
Spirit of God dwells in you.” 1 Corinthians 3:16.
The other day I really started
thinking about my voice, not the voice I use out loud, but my inner voice, the
voice that only I hear. As women, we all
have an inner voice. Sometimes our inner voice, speak positive and uplifting
words to our spirits. Our inner voice might say, “My hair looks cute today.” “I
am good cook.” “I am a lovable person.” Other times our inner voices tell us
negative words, harsh words that crush our spirit. Some of these words might be
“I’m not good enough.” “I’m not pretty.”
“I’ll never be smart enough, pretty enough, strong enough, good enough for God
to use me.” “I wish I was more like that woman over there.”
The other day, I came across this
scripture when I was reading the bible:
“Every word God from is pure. He is
a shield to those who put their trust in him.” Proverbs 30:6
I
started thinking if I am a temple of God, and if his spirit dwells within me…
shouldn't my inner voice reflect that? If every word from God is pure then
shouldn't my words, even the words no one hears be pure as well? If the Spirit
of God dwells within me then shouldn't, those words I tell myself only be words
that God would say about me?
As
women, we can be so critical of ourselves. Some of things we tell ourselves are
so harsh, that we would never say those things to another person. If you
struggle with being critical of yourself, I want to encourage you to really
think about what you think about. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says that we are to “take
every thought captive and make it obedient to God.” This means that we should
make our thoughts align with God’s thoughts.
I want
to encourage you think about what you are thinking about? What are some of the
things you say about yourselves? What
does God say about you? The two should be the same.
