I just came from a wonderful vacation where we cruised on the Carnival Breeze for 5 days. It was a marvelous time! Well, except for the motion sickness. I did everything I could to prevent the motion sickness because I knew firsthand from a previous cruise how the motion of the ocean made me physically ill. I bought the wristbands and wore them the entire cruise. I was able to keep the symptoms at bay for the most part until I came home. When I arrived at home, anytime I sat still, I would feel this sweeping feeling of reeling and rocking. My body wanted me to fall over but my mind would remind me, "Rose, you're seated/standing still. It's just a mind trick." I would look down at my feet and they were firmly planted and I knew I wasn't going to fall over but my body still felt like it was. My body was still reeling and rocking even though I was safely seated on my living room sofa, no longer in the dangerous ocean, not even on the ship.
My spiritual body and mind are experiencing the same thing as my physical. My body feels worn out. My body feels stressed. Most days I think I am going to have a stroke my head hurts so much. And while on the ship I visited the spa and received a 50 min Swedish massage. I could feel the knots in my back, neck and knee as she massaged my body. They were bulging from under my skin. When the massage ended she looked me in my eyes and warned me about the severe and long term effects of carrying stress in your body and how it manifests into cancer, heart disease, arthritis, and stokes. She encouraged me to detox. Of course she offered me some products to buy but here God is offering me Him to try. My body feels like it's literally on it's last leg. There has been storm after storm, attack after attack against me, my husband, and our 5 children. My body is keeping the score and telling me to throw in the towel because physically it cannot bear anymore. But my MIND, the same mind that is in Christ Jesus that is also in me, is telling me to detox from what my body feels and hold on to what and who I know- CHRIST. My mind is telling me Christ for me is more than the entire world against me. My mind is telling me the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous. My mind is telling me what you heard, although you cannot see right now, God will reveal in due time. My mind is telling me He is going to take me from the back of the line to the front of the line. My mind is telling me to make room to receive what He promised to me. My mind is telling me it may feel like you're reeling and rocking but you are SAFE in the arms of Christ. Please know one thing, two for certain, it doesn't matter what it looks like or feels like. All that matters is what God said. He cannot lie. But your mind can lie. So that why the Bible says, take captive every thought. Because those thoughts may just be playing tricks on you. Hold fast to God today and everyday! I love you. God loves you more.
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