I have a 4K memory of standing in the middle of my schoolyard sandbox back in Kindergarten wondering why when I stepped in to play with the kids, all of them stepped out as if I had the Koo-dees or something like that, ( I know I'm dating myself.)

 And even in my kindergarten mind I knew it was because the popular boy in the group, Peter Giddens, told everyone I was ugly, and talked about my rather large nose and full lips as if ugly was contagious.

Well contagious or not, they all jumped on his bandwagon and believed him, and for that matter, from that day on, so did I!  

 For a long time, way into my adult life, that was my truth! I was ugly.

 When the author, Napoleon Hill coined the phrase, “Thoughts are Things” he was so right! It’s amazing how a word from a 5 year old can embed itself so deep in another five year old's soul that it would leave a profound and lasting negative impact that could change the trajectory of the life she could have had.

  It took many years for me to rid myself of that lie, but it left a wound that cut so deep, and bled for so long, that I thought I would die. 

 That lie literaly dictated how I believed the world saw me, unworthy and unvaluable.

 It dictated how I lived, and influenced the bad decisions I made along the way, all of them had its root in that lie that "I was ugly".

 That false belief permeated such a big chunk of my life. It almost destroyed my life! 

 This lie caused me to be jealous of other girls through-out my childhood and as I grew older, of other women.

 My feelings of unworthiness got in the way of my forming viable healthy relationships with men.  My believing I did not deserve love or to be loved led to self-sabotaging behaviors and unhealthy relationship choices which quickly led to promiscuity. 

  For instance, in my first marriage, my husband was an avid basketball player who not only hit the courts almost every Saturday, but was an all encompassing  sports fanatic who enjoyed watching the games as well as attending them live with the fella's.

  And although I have come to understand that maintaining social connections with friends is very important to maintaining a healthy marriage and that it can actually enrich a marriage relationship, at that time, I took his being with the fellas's and his absence from the home as a form of rejection.

 So my way of self medicating and filling the void that rejection left was to look for attention in some other man's company wherever that would lead me! 

  I did whatever I wanted to do with whomever I wanted to do it with to live out "MY TRUTH" I craved attention, but because i was insignificant and had no real value, I didn't deserve it from my husband.

  It wasn’t until I came to the knowledge of THE TRUTH, the only truth, God’s truth that I would begin to have a paradigm shift in my thinking. 

  To begin to understand John 10:10 which says,"The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

  I began to see satan's plot to eradicate that which our creator has so lovingly prepared for us. I began to realize that he would use anything or anybody even a 5 year old innocent little boy to disrupt this 5 year old's innocent little girls life.  I began to read and understand that only what God says about me is TRUTH.

 After all, He created me and who better to know his creation but the creator Himself.  As I got to know Him better, understand and believe His word more, the shift in my thinking became greater and greater.

  I began to live life on a much better path, as the woman who lives the truth of Gods word and not by the false narrative of the enemy.

 According to Proverbs 18:21 "The tongue has the power of life & death, and those who love it will eat its fruit." This made way for the change in my words, especially how I spoke about myself. 

  This shift led to better decision making, better relationships and overall just made this new "GOLDEN" season in my life, ( I'm 64) much more enjoyable and worth living.  Each day of my life is a gift and I'm living this life like it's golden, because it is!   

So as Jill Scott sings: "Taken my freedom pulling it OFF the shelf putting it on a chain, wearing it around my neck..... Living my life like its GOLDEN!"  

 Once you know the truth of Gods' Word you no longer have to be bound to the lies of the enemy. We have been redeemed from the slavery to sin and death through the blood of Christ.  It sets us free from the bondage of Satan & stink'n think'n.

 If what anyone says about you does not line up with the truth of Gods' word, It's a lie and you don't have to receive nor believe it. Stand on Christ the Solid Rock and His word alone.

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