There are days when we feel discouraged, like we’re not doing enough or accomplishing enough. There are days when the weight of everything feels heavier and when it becomes harder to focus on all the good that we have.
It’s on those days when we need to watch our thoughts a little bit more carefully. Because those thoughts of discouragement, hopelessness or heaviness do not come from a God who is loving and kind.
It’s important for us to recognize the times when those heavy thoughts come into our minds. They sometimes seem to overwhelm, frustrate and discourage us. Making us feel on some days disconnected from God and from ourselves. It’s totally ok for us to cry and allow ourselves to feel and experience all kinds of emotions. It’s ok for us to vent and let it all out.
But it is also important to recognize that the enemy is also at work and that he wants us to be miserable like himself. He will throw all kinds of terrible thoughts about ourselves to our minds and hearts. He wants us to think that we’re not good enough, that we’re not doing enough that we’re failing at things…making us feel terrible and miserable is his goal.
It during times like these when we need to remind ourselves that we need to get good at recognizing where those negative thoughts are coming from. That is not the language of God. He would never speak to us like that. God on the other hand would take us where we’re at, He would remind us of His love for us. God’s love is never failing and never changes. It won’t change because of how much we achieve or accomplish. It won’t change because of how much money we make or what you like like.
His love is the same and it has always been the same from the beginning, and it will be the same forever and ever! His love doesn’t change, what changes sometimes is our ability to be receptive to his love.
I like to compare that to receptors. Our physical health depends on hormones and their receptors. If something is wrong with a receptor, it makes it hard for that receptor to receive the messages. Eventually causing illness or disease to occur. For us to experience good health our receptors need to be able to receive and transmit the signals throughout our body.
Similarly, we have spiritual receptors that transmit messages. We can test within us our receptors of the love of God. Sometimes our receptors fail, and we end up allowing more negative thoughts into our minds and hearts.
But when our receptors for the Love of God are activated, when they’re open and ready to receive the light, live and peace of God. We will see that those negative thoughts will fade away. Our receptors will be open to helping us and strengthen rather than not functioning and affecting us negatively.
As we focus on recognizing that, we will be better able to keep our receptors active and ready to feel God’s love. It’s better for us to focus our thoughts and energy on trying to connect to God rather than allowing ourselves to spiral downward into negative thinking. We can choose to focus our energy on what God can do for us instead.
This about the ways in which you can activate your receptors? Some of the ways that allow me to do that for myself, is that I make sure that I have a time to be quiet, possibly in nature for a little while. I like being alone with God so that I can open my heart and speak to Him. I also like to focus my attention on trying to listen to the thoughts and feelings that He puts in my heart. I try to write that down, and I focus throughout the day on what I felt. I make a conscious decision to feed my mind and spirit uplifting words such as reading the word of God or listening to messages or music that lifts my soul.
I also try write down things that I’m grateful for and where I have seen the hand of God in my life this week. I take time to ask for forgiveness and for His help, as I try to achieve and accomplish things through my day I want to view it all more on the way that God would see it. I want to focus on Hearing His loving and encouraging words and to really focus my receptors of His love to be activated and with me through the day.
By doing this, my energy is recharged is re-charged. I feel way more connected to God. And o know that when my heart is fully connected to God all of the negative and heavy thoughts begging to disappear or to go away. Instead I’m Thankful for my blessings, I recognize more of what I’m blessed to have today. I’m better able to feel of His love for me. Which trickles down to other areas of my life, I’m better able to have compassion for myself, to be kinder and way more loving to myself and others.
I’m better able to recognize the way in exit God would speak to me and I’m able to focus on that instead of anything else that may be trying to take my attention. I’m able to connect to the love of God and allow that love to flow within me throughout the day. The more that I try and choose to align my heart to God’s the happier I’ll be, the more I will trust Him and the more I will be guided to focus on what God wants me to focus on in my life. I choose to focus on following the God of Love! The God who never changes and the God who brings true, long lasting peace and joy to any soul.
So, this week focus on activating your receptors for His love. Feel more of His love coming into your life. Flow in that love and kindness for yourself throughout the day and notice that you’re also better able to treat others as God would treat them. To treat yourself as God would treat you and to continue to share that love with others as well. The love of God also allows you to remind yourself that everything will be OK. That you’re doing the best that you can each day and that as you put in your best effort you will be blessed for that.
Tell yourself; Today I choose to focus on God love. He removes the negative thoughts from my mind and heart and I’m able to allow His Love and peace to flow within me. I’m better able to love myself, to take care of myself and others. Because I trust in the God of Love. I’m my creator, the one who has the perfect plan for me. God’s love is my shield and my protection. With Him I can do all things. ❤️
Love you all and hope to see you in class tonight at 5pm. Motivate yourself to be there. The hardest thing is always showing up. But just drove yourself there and you’ll feel the difference afterwards. You’ve got this! 💪🏼🥰❤️
Love,
Lili
Dear Lili
Thank you for reminding me of the love God has for me. I know and always have known that love that keeps me going they all my trials and tribulations if life. I do fine myself allowing the negative thought enter my mind when I feel helpless and when I can’t seem to do more for my love ones. I don’t work on those receptors like I should. I forget the blessings and the Love God has given me and still does even with my weakness. I pray that I can get thru all the crosses I bare emotionally and physically in my life with God’s help. That I will put God first in all I do, think and feel and know with that I can set my receptors on the right path in dealing with life as it is.
God bless
Love
Margie