On New Year's eve we celebrated with friends and had a wonderful time. We played games, ate and chatted hopefully about the year ahead. Collectively, we had all had a tough year and we were hopeful that 2011 would be a better one.
I went to bed happy and slept well as I usually do...until I wake in the early hours. This is often when my mind switches on and the negative thoughts come unbidden and begin their taunting until I am turning fitfully or calling out in my half-sleep.
"I have to fight this," I thought, recalling the Lord of the Rings movie and my resolve to reject lies and embrace truth.
Instantly, three scriptures from the bible came to my remembrance.
"Resist the devil and he will flee..."
"For God has not given you a spirit of fear but of love, power, and a sound mind"
"You will keep in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee"
I began to say these words in my mind over and over so that there was no room for anything else. I didn't sleep as I had in the earlier hours of the night but I kept fear's whispers at bay by recalling those words of truth and clinging to them.
The resistance had begun.
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