“Acts of honor are never lost in translation and we must choose to honor what will be and what should be and what could be instead of criticizing what is.” -Lisa Bevere, author of Lioness Arising
I’ve had similar words to these in my heart for years. That verse speaking the truth in love about seeing people, all people, through a lens of acceptance and love and grace and treating them accordingly.
Respecting my husband for the man he’s called to be.
Seeing potential in my children and calling that out.
Recognizing light for those I know and encouraging them to keep heading towards it…
Not that I constantly do all these things…definitely fail more than succeed!
Which brings me to what hit me today like the crash of an ocean wave...
It applies to us!!!
We have to honor ourselves!
(sorry for all the exclamation marks but this was a serious realization.)
I momentarily lapse in grace towards my husband, my kids and just about everyone I bump into on this lifelong road, but when it comes to myself the criticism cut so much deeper, I dwell on so much longer and rarely there's an apology. Then I’m back in the hole again…
This is such an amazing Psalm and seriously one of the songs of my life.
Psalm 40~
I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
~
But as for me, I am poor and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
you are my God, do not delay.
I’ve had similar words to these in my heart for years. That verse speaking the truth in love about seeing people, all people, through a lens of acceptance and love and grace and treating them accordingly.
Respecting my husband for the man he’s called to be.
Seeing potential in my children and calling that out.
Recognizing light for those I know and encouraging them to keep heading towards it…
Not that I constantly do all these things…definitely fail more than succeed!
Which brings me to what hit me today like the crash of an ocean wave...
It applies to us!!!
We have to honor ourselves!
(sorry for all the exclamation marks but this was a serious realization.)
I momentarily lapse in grace towards my husband, my kids and just about everyone I bump into on this lifelong road, but when it comes to myself the criticism cut so much deeper, I dwell on so much longer and rarely there's an apology. Then I’m back in the hole again…
This is such an amazing Psalm and seriously one of the songs of my life.
Psalm 40~
I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
~
But as for me, I am poor and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
you are my God, do not delay.
I'm thinking today about treating myself well. Seeing my own potential. Forgiving myself. Accepting myself...
Listening to myself.
Okay, now I'm confusing myself, haha!
Seriously though, my God is not let down by my mistakes, he loves me and is only hoping that instead of looking inward in shame I'll run to Him and see His love as even bigger and more extravagant than I thought yesterday!
Lord let me live in that love!
