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Heart talk
Our self talk can be the most critical, horrible and accusatory. Our inner critic needs a dose of sugar and training to care well for the person within so that we can care well for others.
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We are all constantly “talking” to ourselves. Some call it “self talk.” Your consciousness is always bubbling with conversation – about everything you see, experience, hear. Sometimes even in when you’re in a deep conversation with a friend over coffee, you may “drift.” What is happening that for whatever reason, your inner dialogue has overwritten the outer dialogue, and you shifted your attention to listen to the internal for a bit.
Our self talk can be the most critical, horrible and accusatory. It’s harsh toward yourself. You would never say what you say to yourself to another person (well, a lot of people do hide behind screens and scream at others).
Perhaps that’s why the second greatest commandment – according to Jesus – it to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” [1]Matthew 22:39 While some have overemphasized loving yourself in this passage of scripture to justify all kinds of self-elevation, self-love and spiritual nearsightedness, we cannot underemphasize Jesus’ words (which are a quotation from Leviticus 19:18).
To truly love people well and healthily, we must love ourselves well and healthily. Self care is important.
No where are we more aware of our lack of self care than in our self talk. Our inner critic needs a dose of sugar and training to care well for the person within so that we can care well for others.
Perhaps the psalmist says it best:
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.” [2]Psalms 19:14
The Psalmist was David, the king of Israel. He was aware and concerned with what he said and with what he thought. He wanted both to be pleasing to God. It’s not pleasing to God when we denigrate and castigate what He has made. Because he made you, when you harshly criticize yourself in ways that God never would, it’s sinful and not pleasing to God.
Very insightful and an excellent example of how our enemy can rob us of our mission zeal. We only have so much energy and minutes, and when it is expended on thoughts that rob us of the fact that we are fearfully and wonderfully made Satan wins.