Sometimes you just need to clean house. Starting with what shifts your mood and bothers you. You need boundaries. Ain’t nothing worth losing your peace constantly over. Stop fighting the devil over territory you keep giving him permission to visit. CHANGE THE LOCKS. You’re grown and NO means no! It’s a complete sentence! 🙏🏼
Anybody can bloom in spring, when you’re getting good rain and lots of sunshine, but God is looking for people who will bloom in winter, in the dry seasons, when you’re left out, facing an illness, dealing with an unexpected challenge. Be an evergreen believer. Like David, “I will bless the Lord at all times.”
Respecting yourself also means being mindful of the things you allow to pass through your eyes and ears. Choose content, knowledge, and conversations that uplift, not undermine.
There’s the life that everyone else sees, and then there’s the life that only we see. We know how to smile in public while we’re hurting in private. God sees what you can’t show. He’s not faulting you. He’s not disappointed in you. He’s the one who’s going to restore you.