This will reveal that I'm a 13 year old girl at heart. I remember reading a line from the Hunger Games series that meant a lot to me.
Peeta had lost his memory. He doesn't know what is truth, and what is a lie. He says to Katniss..."You love me. Real or not real? Katniss responds with "real."
I love this. Not because of the gushy love stuff. But because we all need someone or lots of someones in our lives that will tell us real or not real.
Satan is the master of lies. He knows where we are tender. He knows where we are weak. He knows how to take us down. He knows how to twist truth into lies.
I have somehow hit the friendship jackpot. I have lots of someones that will speak truth into my life.
I was driving home tonight, and I pulled over to the side of the road to talk to my friend, Brittany. I shared something with her that was causing me anxiety. Something that causes me to doubt all that I am. I was sobbing. She spoke truth over me. She helped me weed through what is real, and what is not real.
I believe that Satan wants us to leave our junk in the darkness. To wallow in shame. To carry our burdens by ourselves. He knows that if we will keep our stuff in the shadows, that he has a better chance of perpetuating the lies. I don't want that. I don't need to share my "stuff" with everyone. But I knew at this moment, that I didn't need to sit in a dark corner by myself. I needed my friend to speak truth over me, and to remind me how ridiculously loved I am by our Lord.
If you don't have a person that will help you know what is real or not real, I encourage you to seek one out. Ask God to provide someone in your life that will always help point you to the light.
"Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness." Leonardo da Vinci
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