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Note to Self: Don't let Tomorrorw Be Defined By Today or Yesterday


A month after my BIG beginning of setting goals and moving forward.  I have succeeded in many ways, with the support of the group of women I have surrounded myself with.  

I am running up against some all too familiar barriers. 

Self-sabotage greets me at every turn.  Fear of success and fear of failure and a "little" feeling sorry for myself. So I need a reminder.  Some self talk is in definite order.

Note to myself for this new year:  

Dear Heather,

God is interested in the person that you are becoming.  The person of today who is growing and reaching toward the destiny that God has for you is more important then the person you used to be.  

The old is gone and the new has come.  Don't let the tomorrow that God has for you be sabotaged with your performance of the past.  The idols of self-preservation, fear, control and pride come between you and what God has for you.  

The anxiety that change inflames within your heart is just a feeling.  A feeling similar to the twirl of your tummy when you drive over the hill by the lake. 

Remember that God has worked and is working in building the abilities, knowledge and passion that you need.

Abide in God, Heather.  Hold fast.  Be still.  God has given you all you need to live the life HE has called you to.  

Fight through.  Not with your own feeble weapons but rather the weapons of spiritual warfare that is mighty to the pulling down of those strongholds.

Be with God today and allow Him to do what He wants to do within your life.  

And... suck it up.  You have work to do!

Heather


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