that moment of truth...


words can build us up,
words can tear us down.

the moment when someone looks into your eyes and tells you the raw honest truth, and that raw honest truth hurts..
it doesn't build you up,
it tears you down. you want to deny it with all that's within you, but you cant. and the battle within you starts...

one is telling you that you are a failure,
and another is telling you that He allowed this moment to happen for a reason. its the reason we need to cling to no matter how hard it is to see past the moment of pain and into the future where it will all make perfect sense...
because we are not failures, we all make mistakes, but we have the Father who promises us that He will be our strength when we're down, and we don't have to carry the weight of those moments alone.

so that moment of raw honesty and truth..
how will you let it define me..
will you rise up and allow the Father to continue molding you and helping you to climb the rungs of the ladder.
or will you fall down in defeat and tell yourself your a failure, and fill our minds with negative thoughts...

and then you sit down and let those raw honest words sink into your soul,
and you bow your head humbly and let your Father, you Daddy hold you...
and you see clearly the root of it all..
but then what...
do we let the battle begin to rage within you again?
do we begin to deny the truth, because we are scared of that stronghold in our life...
or do we stay there on our knees and humbly raise our hands to the Father and allow Him to take  our pain,
to take our strongholds,
to take our burdens..
and praise Him in the storm..

if we praise Him in the storm there is always that refreshment that comes after storms, the clouds break away and the Son will shine thru...