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Merry CHRISTmas!

I have always loved this time of year and all the fun of the holiday, but even more, I love the wonderful focus on Jesus that brings Him so near and dear to our hearts and mind.  I know He is with us all the time, but this season is especially SPECIAL!

I wanted to share something with you all that I did just recently that I think was one of the most valuable healthy things for me. I was journaling the other day and one of the areas I'm really focusing on is how I see myself.  I have realized, more and more, how much I hold myself in a place of "dis-like" ... seeing that I have viewed myself through the eyes of others and how they have treated me and things they have said about me all my life.  I carry shame and have felt that I am weak because I "can't overcome" this illness and be and do what people have expected and needed of me.  OH, How God is taking me through an agonizing, yet FREEING process in this and showing me the LIES that come straight from satan that I have lived all my life!  As I was journaling the other day and thinking/praying about this, God led me to write MY TRUTHS & I AM on my journal page.  Oh my, did that ever open the door and allow words to flood the page!  When I finished, I read it over, out loud, and cried as I HEARD the words spoken by me in in my own ears that made their way into my heart...I want to share it with you and then I challenge you all to write out your own MY TRUTHS & I AM.  This can be just for you only, or to share with a trusted person/loved one.  You can also share here, I would love to read them all! 

MY TRUTHS:

NO longer will I allow myself to be swayed or influenced by others negative comments, opinions or behavior toward me over something that I have not caused or is not my fault, especially over my health.  

I am sick and have been sick my whole life.  BUT this sickness does NOT define WHO I am.  It is NOT my fault.  I cannot control it.  

I DO take full responsibility wherever I am able and have done everything in my power to heal and will continue trying until the day I leave this body.

I have had to do things, like eating a very limited diet of foods, that require great self-discipline and strength over and over and over.  

I persevere and do NOT give up.

I have endured a lifetime of chronic pain and I am still smiling.

I can now see how these are strengths rather than weaknesses.  I will no longer allow satan/others to influence me negatively about me.

I AM:

I am brave and courageous.

I am STRONG.

I am a self starter.

I am smart and intuitive.

I am a precious BELOVED daughter of my Lord and I am FULLY worthy.

I am kind, caring and compassionate.

I am creative and talented.

I am a good communicator and teacher.

I am a loyal and committed friend.

I am an overcomer.

I am an artist.

I am a writer.

I am a lover of people and help encourage people whenever I can. I am a passionate lover of animals and all of God's amazing creation and strive to nurture and protect it as much as I can.

I am a woman of great faith.

I am love and I love deeply.

I am a mother.

I am a wife.

I am a grandmother.  (yaaay!)

I am a daughter.

I am a friend.

I am a granddaughter.

I am an aunt.

I am a sister.

I am a mentor.

I am beautiful.

I am Sue.

And I like me.

I AM.

This is not easy for me to share with others because I feel as if I am "tooting my own horn." (as my mama used to say!)  BUT that is not truth either is it?  We have to see ourselves as God does and also the truths of WHO we are in order for us to be healthy and whole...in order for us to be a good wife, mother, friend, Christian, mentor, etc.  

Here is a drawing I did on my iPad that illustrates this for me...we have choices, amen?

So I hope and pray this inspires you to write out your own MY TRUTH and your I AM!

Blessings & HUGS!

Sue