What we tell ourselves

I have written before about the physical pain my body often experiences. Because of this pain, I started seeing a godly herbalist. She has been working for the past few months to restore health to my body in the major functions of digestion, sleep, and stress. I have noticed a huge difference. First of all, I have been sleeping through the night for the first time in years (minus the last few nights where I have had too much caffeine, too late in the day). I have noticed a huge change in my cravings for food, and my digestion of it. My energy levels have soared. These have all been amazing changes, but the most exhilarating has been the lessening of pain. There are days when my body still reacts and I feel stiff and sore and hurting, but those days are few and far between. Previous to these herbals I would go through weeks of intense and perpetual pain.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine gave me an unofficial diagnosis of the cause of my pain. The diagnosis is not one taken lightly, and if accurate, has very negative ramifications. When I presented this unofficial diagnosis to my godly herbalist, she spoke truth to me that is today sinking deep into my heart. She said when we put such negative labels on ourselves, we start to live out that label. This particular label has negative associations ones she would not allow me to claim. What we say to ourselves, we live out. She said, "When you don't sleep or get stressed, you have some physical pain. Leave it at that." She encouraged me instead to focus on the healing God has brought and will continue to bring. What freedom there was in this statement!

I realized that her words have implications for all of life. What labels do I put on myself? What do I call myself? What I call myself, I will live out. So I have to get rid of all negative labels I have put on me. I wear His name, that need be the only label I am associated with.

Oh and another thought, a dear friend told me that I am healing quickly. A reason for this quick progression in physical health could be so intricately related to being in a good place spiritually. As she pointed this out, I was so aware that I am in a good place spiritually. I am overwhelmed by God's goodness to me. He loves me and I am keenly aware of it. Praise God, Jehovah Raffa, My Healer!