July 31, 2012 - I DID IT!

I write you this morning from Warm Springs while having coffee with my mom. My first day of vaca was busy but WAY fun! It's a wonderful thing to be able to eat anywhere and eat what I choose. I will say it's a bit challenging at the nicer restaurants who cover all foods with sauces and cheeses. BUT......it can be done! How many of you know that we wrestle not against flesh and blood???? Sometimes that means we have to remember we are not wrestling against ourselves!! While God came to give us abundant life, the destroyer came to kill, steal, and destroy. And, part of what he wants to destroy is ANY confidence we have that WE CAN live in freedom. Have you ever questioned EVERYTHING you do? Have you had that conversation before? "I'm always gonna struggle with my weight.........Vacation is always the struggle for me and I always lose............I can never eat out because I always make the wrong decision." Let me remind all of us - if we have Holy Spirit within us, we have the mind of Christ. That means we DO have victory over our flesh - we DO have victory over our desires and emotions. BUT - we must determine which voice is speaking the loudest at this meal, during this vacation, at this restaurant. We're not battling our flesh - we're battling the voice of the one who wants us to always fail, lose our trust in God, and give up. YOU are NOT WRESTLING AGAINST YOU, you are wrestling against principalities and powers. BUT..... we win! Keep declaring that today and speaking it out loud. Speaking out loud allows us to be encouraged and allows our doubts to be confronted. I had to talk to myself yesterday at the Sundial with my grand babies and work with our waitress - but I left declaring, "I did it." Come on fam, how many times today can you say, "I DID IT!" Write it down and celebrate. - PK