The Endurance Of A Wife

Dear wives and wives to be,

we all have trying moments in our day to day lives. Whether it be dealing with love and confidence or just trying to stay on the right path when everyone else is telling you that you won't make it. As a wife and for all the women of God in general, we take on a lot while we are in today's world. The enemy tries to mess with our minds and thought process the most. It's as if the enemy sees us as puppets that need micromanaging. Don't let the enemy tug at any strings, grab those scissors and loose yourself from the enemy's fingers. I call the attacks desperate because the enemy will throw the babyish attacks to try and knock you out. Mainly (speaking from experience) it would be thoughts like "You're not good enough for your husband." "You're not strong enough." "You aren't beautiful like her." "You call yourself a wife?" "You're weak and pathetic" Yes, these are harsh but these are the type of thoughts that the enemy has thrown at me before and still tries to throw at me today. Why the same old stuff? As I have said before, the enemy throws DESPERATE attacks, he can't come up with any new material so he uses the same old supply of attacks. Now, when I first started to grow and learn the things of God, these attacks knocked me down and it had me in lala land, things that weren't even true, I thought were true. I listened to those negative thoughts and grew tired and drained of myself, I thought of myself in negative ways and often times I kept everything bottled up inside until I exploded to someone to the point where I had hurt their feelings, I was like this a lot in high school. 

I repent for hurting people while I was hurting in the name of Jesus Christ.

Day in and day out it was like I went through a silent struggle in my mind, my husband always tried to encourage me and he would say positive things to me. Church would refill me when I needed it and I would snap out of negative thinking but after awhile those thoughts would come back and it was as if I was right back in the silent struggle period. I wasn't very vocal about it, but when you're in a place where the foundation is Jesus Christ and people can truly see in the spirit, there's no hiding and I'm grateful for that. I had received words that were encouraging and also words that stepped on my toes. I was sick and tired of this silent struggle and even though encouragement and love was all around me, I still felt helpless, then one day I had enough. I had to start fighting harder than before, I had to praise harder, I had to read and actually digest the Word of God. I had to fast even when I didn't want to, I had pray in my heavenly language longer. I had to press even when I didn't feel strong enough. As soon as the enemy threw one of those thoughts at me, I knocked it down. I started speaking life. I started fighting back, I called out all the negative thoughts, I knew they weren't true. I knew that God placed me in a position that I was going to thrive in. I knew that I served a mighty living God and those thoughts could no longer control me. I found peace of mind, I leaned on God and not my own understanding and most importantly, I put my trust in Him and left everything in His hands.

..But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation... 1Thessalonians 5:8 NLT

The enemy tried to take out my mind and tried to make me fall out of position...BUT GOD. The enemy tried to keep me timid and fearful of being uncomfortable...BUT GOD. The enemy tried to shut down my praise BUT GOD. The endurance of a wife and women of God builds up higher and higher every single day. Like a boxing match, the battle is already won because Jesus Christ is in your corner, supplying you with quick and effective strategies to defeat the enemy. Knowing who you are in Christ, praying, fasting, pushing to church, studying the Word of God, and being obedient to the Lord's will. Often times it may seem like you aren't winning BUT YOU ARE. It may seem like it'll never end BUT IT WILL. The enemy follows us around all the time to make us fall out of position and become his own BUT GOD, we have and wear our armor of God all the time. Once you start to realize who you are in Christ, the enemy gets scared, still tries to throw stuff BUT he knows that with God, you're powerful and that makes him powerless. Don't let your tools of warfare collect dust, rest is coming for the mighty warriors in Christ. Blessings have been reigning down on the people of God all over the place.

Don't fight like a girl, FIGHT LIKE A BELIEVER!! 

Stay Blessed and Encouraged:)