I was so upset at myself for all the negative thinking that got the best of me on Saturday. Despite all the beating my head with a stick to focus on all the HUGE positives in my life, I stayed stuck on THINKING THE WRONG THINGS. And let me tell ya, when your mind is filled with negativity, it’s tough to be happy and focused on what’s truly important.

But your girl here has bounced back with LOTS of lessons. Like this beating our heads with a stick. We have to do this every day reminded of this famous verse:

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.” – Philippians 4:8

We can CHOOSE to be HAPPY and CONTENT no matter what life throws our way focused on all our BLESSINGS. It takes LOTS of practice beating our heads with sticks so we can stay focused on God and the thoughts He Himself would have us to think, but so worth it. But looking back to how far I’ve from the Nik who used alcohol as her go-to sedative, I’m thrilled. Alcohol now has no more place in my life!

But I’m happy for this eye-opener on Saturday. I’m thanking God for showing me that I still have to fight against these frustrating thoughts. I can now work on being BETTER. My prayer is for God to help us all throw off anything that’s holding us back from living our best and happiest lives with Him. I need to be MORE alert, and as soon as I catch myself in one of those moods, I can say, ‘No, no, no! We’re not going there!!!’ And then get my mind focused back on God and His will for me.

Let’s get rid of anything that’s keeping us from being our best and HAPPIEST SELVES. When we fall and have these failures, let’s quickly get back up and then use them for our good by reflecting on where we went wrong and how we can be BETTER. All for God’s glory!!!

GODisreallyREAL

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