Lies and Fears
Lie. Falsehood. Deceit. Dishonesty. Distortion. Fabrication. Forgery.
Hyperbole. Misrepresentation. Tall story. We come in contact with lies
every day of our life. The thing we tend to forget is that lies are
lies. They are untrue, without basis, unwarranted and wrong. We should
never believe them or change to conform to their false information.
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. - Adolf Hitler
We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.- Eric Hoffer
Lies require commitment. - Veronica Roth, Divergent
“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.- Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
Fear. Anxiety. Consternation. Dread. Foreboding. Horror. Panic. Terror. Unease. Worry. All of us have fears, small, irrational, or soul-freezing. Ones we push away, ignore and hope never to deal with. J.K. Rowling was very astute in some of her magical references to human life. In the third Harry Potter novel, a boggart turns into whatever you fear most, to destroy you with your own fear. Most times, our biggest fears are mental or emotional fears rather than of physical objects.
He who fears something gives it power over him. - Moorish Proverb
I[Nebuchadnezzar] had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in my bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me. - Daniel 4:5
Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. - Japanese Proverb
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. - Corrie Ten Boom
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. - German Proverb
The human brain produces a lot of fears and lies to torment us. Our imagination can tell us things that we don't need to accept. We don't have to believe that we are stupid, ugly, incompetent, unsuccessful, unfaithful, or whatever lies our brains conjure to weaken our spirit. The fear talks within us, taking control and only speaking lies.
Example: women struggle with image and being the right “look”. We compare ourselves to Hollywood, overtly or subconsciously. Our brain will tell us, “You look terrible!”
“You've got too much liner, not enough lipstick.”
“Lets make a list of all that's wrong with you...”
“Your hair, too frizzy.”
“You're not good enough.”
“You soh faht!”
The list goes on! Our brains lie to us. I have to refuse to believe these lies! Weird, isn't, how we attack ourselves? I don't know why we do it, part of being human, I suppose. So, I'll confess to whoever reads this, the fear and lie with which I have to deal.
My biggest fear is failure. I have never really admitted this to anyone aloud, though I'm sure many people have guessed. My sisters tease me that I freakout if I don't have an A+ on every school project. Not entirely true. Regardless, my brain is a perverse organism that tells me I fail, all the time. Even when I think I am succeeding, my brain inserts doubts and creates unrest within me. I am a failure at school, as a photographer and an utter disgrace as a bassoonist. My brain also tells me I fail at being a Christian, at being a good home school graduate, and a good woman in general. I am a failure. “You. Are. Faaaaiiilllinnngg....” Epic fail could be my inner demon's mantra.
My brain plays on my fears. Dreams of life and success at my endeavors, as a writer or photographer, and having a family are important to me. I am a type of perfectionist. Not everything and not always, but in my work and in my art, I like there to be a level of professional execution and delivery. My brain tells me nothing will ever happen as I wish. I'll never get the photo I want. I'll never play as well as I wish to, even though I have the capability. I'll always have errors in my writing no matter how many times I edit. I bring up my worse possible fears, such as losing my teddy bears, or not being independent, or appearing in concert without a reed in my underwear, or living alone with a dog at 60, owning a trailer home and being more than crazy(er).
My brain plays on my fears and tells me outright lies, about being a failure at life and not being good enough for anyone, about disappointing people I admire and even disappointing God. The idea of my failure disappointing God hurts. A lot. The image of Him frowning at me, makes me shiver. I'll practice harder, I work harder, I'll go 110 percent so that that doesn't happen again. But I'm human so I do fail, or so my brain tells me. I am sure I'm not the only one who experiences these issues, these thoughts and doubts, fears and lies.
So listen as I declare! Seriously, DO NOT listen to the lies and DO NOT accept your fears as facts. God made you and cares for you. Too many people have made this statement and it's one of those “Christian cliché”, but the absolute truth is that God cares for you. Regardless of anything and everything you've ever done, you are loved. Do you cook food you don't like to eat? No! You make food that is good, that is flavorful and satisfying. God makes food that he likes. You are good food, flavorful and accepted by God, to be devoured by God. You are worth so much to him and to this world. Refuse the lies and fears of the brain and of demons called Doubt and Depression. Don't accept anything, but a crown as an heir of Heaven.
Rejection, failure, unemployment, money, love life, family issues, friend drama, all these are things can mentally drive a man or woman insane in their head. Encourage the men in your life too, ladies. Men, encourage your women. We all need it. Men can feel unworthy and be subject to the falsehoods of the human brain just as easily as women. So can children.
Every girl looks in the mirror and compares herself to the worlds standard. We all fall short, crushingly so. I am not thin enough, not tall enough, not tan enough, not sexy enough and not smart enough, and to dang loud for a popularity vote. So I “fail” and again, confront my greatest fear in my stupid brain, telling me I have fallen short of the goal. It never ends.
Sometimes it's the day or the weather or sometimes I need to go run a mile rather than sit around on my butt. Regardless, I don't have to feel worthless due to weight, beauty, or by comparison to a worlds fragile and shallow definition. I must fight my brains definitions of failure or success in music, art, work settings, college settings, church settings, family settings, friends settings, peer settings etc, and listen to God's definition instead. It's a constant circle, a constant battle to not feel less. No one will ever know how much I struggle, but it's all lies. Now, in case you're worried, I'm not in danger of serious depression or anything (I don't think...). I have Jesus Christ as my friend. I may have times of mental distress, but everyone does. I always come through, hopefully having learned something.
So if you feel ugly, disappointing to God, alone, unwanted, like a failure, unappreciated, out of place, or just plain worthless, you're not alone. I'm with you. I've been there too. I know what it feels like. If you want a friend when you're down, look me up. Or better yet, call the Big Man. He handles depression with a sword. He always brings me back to light. He always holds me and shows me my worth and potential like no one else can.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. - Psalm 34:4
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. - 1 John 4:15-18
Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. - Psalm 128:4
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. - Proverbs 31:30
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. - Romans 12:2
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. - Isaiah 26:1-4
12/2011
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. - Adolf Hitler
We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.- Eric Hoffer
Lies require commitment. - Veronica Roth, Divergent
“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.- Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
Fear. Anxiety. Consternation. Dread. Foreboding. Horror. Panic. Terror. Unease. Worry. All of us have fears, small, irrational, or soul-freezing. Ones we push away, ignore and hope never to deal with. J.K. Rowling was very astute in some of her magical references to human life. In the third Harry Potter novel, a boggart turns into whatever you fear most, to destroy you with your own fear. Most times, our biggest fears are mental or emotional fears rather than of physical objects.
He who fears something gives it power over him. - Moorish Proverb
I[Nebuchadnezzar] had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in my bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me. - Daniel 4:5
Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. - Japanese Proverb
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. - Corrie Ten Boom
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. - German Proverb
The human brain produces a lot of fears and lies to torment us. Our imagination can tell us things that we don't need to accept. We don't have to believe that we are stupid, ugly, incompetent, unsuccessful, unfaithful, or whatever lies our brains conjure to weaken our spirit. The fear talks within us, taking control and only speaking lies.
Example: women struggle with image and being the right “look”. We compare ourselves to Hollywood, overtly or subconsciously. Our brain will tell us, “You look terrible!”
“You've got too much liner, not enough lipstick.”
“Lets make a list of all that's wrong with you...”
“Your hair, too frizzy.”
“You're not good enough.”
“You soh faht!”
The list goes on! Our brains lie to us. I have to refuse to believe these lies! Weird, isn't, how we attack ourselves? I don't know why we do it, part of being human, I suppose. So, I'll confess to whoever reads this, the fear and lie with which I have to deal.
My biggest fear is failure. I have never really admitted this to anyone aloud, though I'm sure many people have guessed. My sisters tease me that I freakout if I don't have an A+ on every school project. Not entirely true. Regardless, my brain is a perverse organism that tells me I fail, all the time. Even when I think I am succeeding, my brain inserts doubts and creates unrest within me. I am a failure at school, as a photographer and an utter disgrace as a bassoonist. My brain also tells me I fail at being a Christian, at being a good home school graduate, and a good woman in general. I am a failure. “You. Are. Faaaaiiilllinnngg....” Epic fail could be my inner demon's mantra.
My brain plays on my fears. Dreams of life and success at my endeavors, as a writer or photographer, and having a family are important to me. I am a type of perfectionist. Not everything and not always, but in my work and in my art, I like there to be a level of professional execution and delivery. My brain tells me nothing will ever happen as I wish. I'll never get the photo I want. I'll never play as well as I wish to, even though I have the capability. I'll always have errors in my writing no matter how many times I edit. I bring up my worse possible fears, such as losing my teddy bears, or not being independent, or appearing in concert without a reed in my underwear, or living alone with a dog at 60, owning a trailer home and being more than crazy(er).
My brain plays on my fears and tells me outright lies, about being a failure at life and not being good enough for anyone, about disappointing people I admire and even disappointing God. The idea of my failure disappointing God hurts. A lot. The image of Him frowning at me, makes me shiver. I'll practice harder, I work harder, I'll go 110 percent so that that doesn't happen again. But I'm human so I do fail, or so my brain tells me. I am sure I'm not the only one who experiences these issues, these thoughts and doubts, fears and lies.
So listen as I declare! Seriously, DO NOT listen to the lies and DO NOT accept your fears as facts. God made you and cares for you. Too many people have made this statement and it's one of those “Christian cliché”, but the absolute truth is that God cares for you. Regardless of anything and everything you've ever done, you are loved. Do you cook food you don't like to eat? No! You make food that is good, that is flavorful and satisfying. God makes food that he likes. You are good food, flavorful and accepted by God, to be devoured by God. You are worth so much to him and to this world. Refuse the lies and fears of the brain and of demons called Doubt and Depression. Don't accept anything, but a crown as an heir of Heaven.
Rejection, failure, unemployment, money, love life, family issues, friend drama, all these are things can mentally drive a man or woman insane in their head. Encourage the men in your life too, ladies. Men, encourage your women. We all need it. Men can feel unworthy and be subject to the falsehoods of the human brain just as easily as women. So can children.
Every girl looks in the mirror and compares herself to the worlds standard. We all fall short, crushingly so. I am not thin enough, not tall enough, not tan enough, not sexy enough and not smart enough, and to dang loud for a popularity vote. So I “fail” and again, confront my greatest fear in my stupid brain, telling me I have fallen short of the goal. It never ends.
Sometimes it's the day or the weather or sometimes I need to go run a mile rather than sit around on my butt. Regardless, I don't have to feel worthless due to weight, beauty, or by comparison to a worlds fragile and shallow definition. I must fight my brains definitions of failure or success in music, art, work settings, college settings, church settings, family settings, friends settings, peer settings etc, and listen to God's definition instead. It's a constant circle, a constant battle to not feel less. No one will ever know how much I struggle, but it's all lies. Now, in case you're worried, I'm not in danger of serious depression or anything (I don't think...). I have Jesus Christ as my friend. I may have times of mental distress, but everyone does. I always come through, hopefully having learned something.
So if you feel ugly, disappointing to God, alone, unwanted, like a failure, unappreciated, out of place, or just plain worthless, you're not alone. I'm with you. I've been there too. I know what it feels like. If you want a friend when you're down, look me up. Or better yet, call the Big Man. He handles depression with a sword. He always brings me back to light. He always holds me and shows me my worth and potential like no one else can.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. - Psalm 34:4
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. - 1 John 4:15-18
Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. - Psalm 128:4
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. - Proverbs 31:30
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. - Romans 12:2
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. - Isaiah 26:1-4
12/2011
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