War...

'Let your yes be yes, your no be no...' Matthew 5:37

I have had occasion these past days to take a step back and see the bigger picture...not the things thrown up in our lives on a daily basis, nor the day to day grind, worries, thoughts, emotions, no....

I no longer see the value in having to prove myself, to show or produce how valuable I am...dear treasures, as we slowly begin to see our worth, the cares and thoughts of others fall to the wayside. The size of the monster shrinks...from gargantuan enough to block the sun to small and insignificant, barely casting a shadow.

The one I feared for example...the one I ran from for instance....larger than life, looming over everything and everyone...a picture painted of a tough, scary, unbeatable individual, born home by torment, by abuses correcting and bringing into the fold, into the belief of indestructibility...brainwashed to see exactly what they portray...

The larger and more elaborate the scene, the portrait of the man (woman)....the smaller, weaker, more frightened of their own shadow they truly are. Inside they are a mess of emotion, a chaotic miasma of thought and feeling....continually controlled by the events around them...stressed by the smallest life happening....

Small...my friends, their fear is equal to what they create within you....they fear everything they build in you....fear of abandonment, rejection, betrayal, love lost...truth....ye gods, truth frightens them the most...like holding up a mirror, truth will destroy the false ego, the fantasy...the man within, the child crying deep in the psyche to stop the pain and torment, would be destroyed, obliterated by the truth.

Let your yes be yes my friends, your no be no...you do not need to prove your worth....

Remember this dear hearts.... 'For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.' Ephesians 6:12

I set this upon my heart today...upon my spirit...carry it in my soul....I will speak my truth, quietly with dignity and grace...I will walk in grace and mercy and stand proud in the knowledge of my worth.

May you set this in your heart as well today as you go about your daily tasks...may you walk in the knowledge that you are loved, needed, necessary and worthy of all that is good, all that is lovely, worthy of all kindness and compassion...worthy dear treasures....worthy.