“We demolish arguments and every pretension that
sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought
to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5
Something that I struggle with is focusing on one thing.
My mind is going a million miles a minute and somehow everything while all
jumbled up in my head, comes out making sense. The problem is, amidst the
jumbled thoughts, lies sneak in and start sounding like truth. In the
past several months I’ve felt overwhelmed, stressed out, and sad that I was
missing community and my brother. I decided that it would be a good idea to see
a counselor. For the longest time I didn’t want to go because I saw counseling
as something for people who were dealing with severe depression or something
along those lines. I believed I didn’t need help because I was comparing myself
to others around me. In talking to some friends, I realized that most people
would benefit from having someone whose job is to help you figure out how you
deal with things and why you think certain things. The point of me telling you
all of that is:
1. To be vulnerable and try to change the stereotype that
going to counseling is a negative thing,
2. Today in the
session we talked about taking thoughts captive.
My counselor had me do this exercise where I gave her a
thought, based on a belief I’d had, and talked about how it made me feel, what
I did with those feelings, and what happened as a result. The idea was to grab
the negative thought before you get to the second phase of feeling it. Being in
the Word, and knowing Truth is so helpful for combating the lies that Satan has
for us. He is cunning and deceitful and knows how to hurt our hearts. We have
to be prepared and aware of our false thoughts so that we can catch them and
throw them out. She asked me where I thought I should be in life right now and
I was like…well obviously here because that’s where God has me. But thinking
back to when I was in high school, I thought I’d be married or close to it by
age 24, and I’m not, so I believed I’d failed, or was behind. LIES. Why did I
have that belief? Was it from the Lord? No. So I looked back and realized that
it wasn’t actually valid and was able to take a different perspective on it.
Writing it out, it sounds kind of silly and simple. But knowing myself, it was
so easy to believe those lies, and this was helpful. Maybe it’ll be helpful for
you as well! We have to go back to the Truth every time friends. God created us
in his image. He knows what’s best for us. There are seasons in our life that
will change. Change is good because it produces growth. Jesus LOVES us so so
much. Capture those thoughts in your heart today friends.
“I praise you because I am
fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know
that full well.” Ps. 139:14
P.S. if anyone wants to
talk about going to counseling, feel free to come talk to me about it whenever!
Much love.
