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7 Ways to Fight Your Worst Enemy
As a 43 year old mother of eleven, I feel like I’m just really grasping some simple, yet profound gems that make this journey a bit easier…
As a 43 year old mother of eleven, I feel like I’m just really grasping some simple, yet profound gems that make this journey a bit easier, and I’ll just cut to the chase on this one:
Discouragement is your worst enemy.
It might be a result from a spiritual battle with the enemy wielding the weapon, or it may be a failure to take our thoughts captive, making us the guilty culprit of our own imprisonment. I hope this post will help you regardless of who is to blame.
The thought life that you allow (or prevent) will largely shape the person you become, the life you live, whether it’s effective or not, and ultimately it will shape those in your care and sphere of influence.
Here’s what discouragement sounds like:
“You lost your patience with your children again. You’re not a good mother. They are going to grow up with character flaws because of you.”
“You can’t keep up with everything. You should probably not have even had any kids.”
