“For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.” (1 John 4:4 NIV)

What do your thoughts tell you?  When you say things to yourself what kind of thoughts emerge? Thoughts like I am so confusion, I am lonely, I am so afraid, I doubt that I can do this, what I have done is so wrong, I feel so guilty, I am full of shame, “I should-of” done that, I sin and sin again why don’t I ever learn, I am so stupid, can’t I ever do anything right, I hate myself, I am fat, I am ugly—can be ever present in our lives. Then to make matters worse others say the same things to us, reinforcing our negative thoughts.

We hear a voice that says, I am not enough—I am not good enough, but greater is the one who lives inside of us, than others and the things that they tell us we are not enough.

This scripture emphasizes that God is greater than anyone or anything in all creation.  We are created in God’s imagine—that is not a mistake.  We are loved by God unconditionally—that is not a mistake.  We are accepted by God—that is not a mistake.  And all the negative voices that we hear—ARE NOT FROM GOD.

So, the next time you hear those negative thoughts remember whom you belong to and who loves you.  “For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.”  You are a beloved child of God.  God loves you.  The key is learning to love ourselves as God does.  So, the next time those negative thought come to your mind repeat over and over again (God loves me.  God loves me. In God’s eyes I am wonderfully made. I am a beloved child of His.  God loves me.) God Bless.  Amen.

denise