Monday, March 4, 2013

Lies vs. Truth

I think we all have those lies in our head - whether they are put there by an actual person or satan whispering lies into our ears.  I've been wrestling with lies a lot lately and working to replace those lies with Truth - Truth from God's Word about who I am in Christ.

My counselor had an opening today which is normally our "off" week (we are only scheduled once a week but I really want/feel the need to meet weekly but right now can only do so if he has a cancellation). Anyway, we were doing work today on dealing with those lies. In my case they are mostly lies told to me by my mother. She is my mother in the sense that she gave birth to me, but she never nurtured/cared for/loved me the way a mother should love her child. I was robbed of the childhood I deserved, the childhood God would have wanted me to have. It would be easy to just be angry and bitter about it, but the truth is we live in a broken world and that means sometimes very unfair things happen. This is the hand I was dealt and God can take what the enemy meant for evil and use it for good and it is my hope and prayer that He does that in my life. As I wrote yesterday...


  • Every day when I get up my ONE GOAL is to LIVE MY LIFE IN A MANNER PLEASING TO HIM
No matter what has happened to me, no matter what will happen to me in the future - I am to live my life in a way that pleases God. I pray that He can use the suffering I've experienced to help me to help others, but first and foremost to show the world that God is the God Who heals the broken-hearted, God is the one Who can take any and every situation and use it for His good and His glory.

On my way home today the song "Remind me Who I Am" by Jason Gray came on the radio. Coincidence? No... another God-incident. After a session with my counselor dealing with addressing those lies and replacing them with the Truth about who God says I am - I hear this song on the radio. It was an awesome reaffirmation to me. Here are the lyrics:

"Remind Me Who I Am"

When I lose my way,
And I forget my name,
Remind me who I am.
In the mirror all I see,
Is who I don't wanna be,
Remind me who I am.
In the loneliest places,
When I can't remember what grace is.

Tell me once again who I am to You,
Who I am to You.
Tell me lest I forget who I am to You,
That I belong to You.
To You.

When my heart is like a stone,
And I'm running far from home,
Remind me who I am.
When I can't receive Your love,
Afraid I'll never be enough,
Remind me who I am.
If I'm Your beloved,
Can You help me believe it.

Tell me once again who I am to You,
Who I am to You, whoa.
Tell me lest I forget who I am to You.
That I belong to You.
To You.

I'm the one you love,
I'm the one you love,
That will be enough,
I'm the one you love.

Tell me once again who I am to You.
Who I am to You.
Tell me lest I forget who I am to You,
That I belong to You, oh.

Tell me once again who I am to You.
Who I am to You.
Tell me lest I forget who I am to You,
That I belong to You.
To You.
© Jason Gray

Clinging to the Truth,

Sherri

2 comments:

  1. You know I love this song. It's always good to be reminded who we are.

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    1. Yes - it is. I love this song too - it was just so cool how God timed it to be on the radio just minutes after my counseling session dealing with this very issue. Such an awesome song and awesome reminder! :-)

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