6 Lies Satan will use to get you to fall

Let’s expose Satan shall we? The bible describes him as the father of lies. God warns us to, “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour,” (1 Peter 5:8). When the enemy decides to attack you, he’s not going to charge at you with a pitchfork like it’s portrayed on TV. Instead he’s going to come disguised as someone just like you, or even worse, he will invade your thoughts. Satan will try to speak words into your mind and trick you into thinking it’s your own thoughts—this is how temptation works.

 Secrets fuel Satan and transparency destroys him. For that reason, don’t be embarrassed to share the struggles you’ve faced. I guarantee you there are many others who went through the same thing. One of the Hebrew translations of Satan's name is accuser, and that’s exactly what he does, he accuses. He tempts you to get you to stumble, and when you fall, he points a finger at you and makes you feel like you are the scum of the earth. Jesus Christ is Lord and yet he was beaten, tortured, nailed to the cross and left to die like the scum of the earth, all to rid us of that feeling after we sin.

Proverbs 28:13: He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

I struggled with a pornography addiction. It became a cycle for me. One moment I was doing great, praising God, and the next moment Satan tempted me, I fell, and I felt like I was back at square one. I have fell so many times that God began to show me the tactics Satan used to get me to fall and He told me to write them down. So here are 6 lies Satan will whisper in your mind to get you to fall into temptation.

Lie #1: “Everybody is doing it, so why can’t you do it a few times?”

 

 

The devil used this lie constantly to get me to fall. God tells us we cannot do what the world does. You are holy because He is holy. Our bodies are our temples and Satan wants us to defile it. He wants us to bed hop, drink, smoke, masturbate, use drugs, and all kinds of things. Every time we take part in those things we are messing up the body that God loaned to us. Our bodies are not our own. You have so much more at stake than others, so you can’t do what others are doing!

Romans 12:2: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Peter 2:9: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Corinthians 6:19: Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.

Lie #2: “God is going to forgive you anyway. So go right ahead and do it!”

Yes it is true that Jesus died for our sins so that we may be forgiven. But that doesn’t mean throw in the towel in the fight against temptation. We must try our best to resist. Don’t get me wrong, I know all about addiction. I know the struggle of trying your best to resist but falling anyway. I’ve been there again and again. However there’s a difference between stumbling into a pool and diving into a pool. Actively resist sin. If that means going for a walk so you won’t look at that pornography site, then do it. If it means calling a friend to get your mind off of the urge to get high, then do it!

Matthew 5:30: And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Lie #3: “Are you kidding me? You are going to let that person treat you like that?”
 

Have you ever tried to calm yourself down when something upsets you but you couldn’t help but hear that voice in your head arousing your anger? You begin to replay the situation over and over in your mind and think about all the things you should have said. “People just don’t know who they are messing with because I was about two steps off of them!” Ignore these type of thoughts! It’s Satan’s way of arousing your anger and getting you to start clowning. Don’t let him get you to take it there. You don’t know who is around you. We are to represent God at all times! (Every time I say that it makes me want to get in line). Be the graceful woman God has called you to be.

Matthew 5:39: But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.

Proverbs 21:19: Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

Proverbs 14:29: Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

 Lie #4: “You can do it as long as you don’t go too far. It will only be one time anyway.”

Oh this lie used to really throw me off. Satan would say “Just visit one site and stop. Then you will get the urge out of your system and move on.” Wrong! An open door is all Satan needs. Once you open yourself up to temptation, it isn’t long before it festers into something worse. Once again, you have so much more at stake! You have ministries on the line. One moment of sin would be your last moment if it were up to Satan. So don’t give him the satisfaction.

 Lie #5:You can sin righteously!

There is no right way to sin. This sounds pretty obvious, but you’ll be surprised at how many times we fall to this one. This is one of Satan’s most common lies. This is the category where the often misused line, “God knows my heart” belongs. The best way to serve God is through obedience. 

Romans 5:19: For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
God doesn’t tell us not to do things because He drew them out of a hat and decided it’s wrong. He knows the dangers behind it. Who are we to think we can walk into fire and not be burned? The only reason we are not consumed today is because of God’s protection. So if God is telling us to stay away, let us be wise and take His advice. Satan knows that the moment you cross into an area God tells you not to, it’s an open game. You cannot withstand Satan’s attacks without God.
We can’t serve God any old way. We have to constantly check with God to make sure we’re are in His will because Satan is looking for ways to derail us. Even if our intentions are well, we must be on God’s track. Fortunately we serve a transparent God. He made it quite clear in terms of what we should and shouldn’t do. And if that isn’t enough, we can just ask Him! Isn’t God great?

Matthew 6:24: No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Deuteronomy 12:31
You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates.

Matthew 5:37: All you need to say is simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

Lie #6: Temptation=sin

Many times Satan will try to tempt you and when you resist, he then tries to make you feel guilty for being tempted in the first place! He wants your guilt to drive you away from God so it will be easier for your flesh to be aroused.

This is a common lie Satan will use to get you to fall off after you have had an encounter with God. It’s retaliation. So here’s a typical rundown. You go to church or whatever the case is, the point is you had some kind of encounter with God. You laid all your cards on the table and you asked God, “Please help me with my struggle with _________.” Jesus released you of that burden and you go into a praise. You feel great! Satan hates it. So he then comes to you and tries to tempt you with the same struggle you just prayed about! It discourages you because you think, “I must really be messed up! How could I be thinking about that when I asked God to remove it from my spirit?” You begin to doubt if God really removed it. Or maybe you begin to think you can’t be helped. The devil is a liar!  As long as we have a pulse, we will have to deal with temptation. Jesus Christ was tempted by Satan.
Temptation isn’t guilt. Jesus didn’t give into the temptation. Think of temptation as Satan’s words in your ear. There’s a difference between speaking and persuading. Just because Satan is speaking to you by dangling your struggles in your face doesn’t mean you’re guilty of anything. Just don’t let him persuade you. Satan can only persuade you if you give into the temptation.

The Truth:

Satan not only accuses you of sinning, but he also makes you feel hopeless and worthless because of it. What really upsets me is through media Satan has flipped things around and makes it appear that it is Christians who accuse and discourage. Not true! Anyone truly aligned with God’s word actually see themselves in those lost in sin. God reminds us of what we went through and are going through and God tells us to love and encourage that person. Being a Christian isn’t about being perfect. In fact it's about admitting you're not perfect every single day. It’s about humbleness. It’s about not being comfortable with sin and instead calling out to God every single day. Most of all it’s about love. Don’t let Satan convince you that it’s over because you fell! God loves your effort. He sees you for who you are going to be and says it’s worth more than your sin. Think of it like this: God loves you, and there’s nothing you can do to change that. His love endures forever! 

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I HATED MYSELF

 

Psalm 139:14: I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

 My plan was to write about a completely different topic today, but last night God spoke to me in a dream. I saw myself encouraging a young girl who was crying over a flaw. I told my testimony and through it God stepped in and took her burden away. She hugged me and broke down in tears. The message from that dream is quite clear—I must tell you all my testimony.

Before I accepted God’s love, I was suffocating from hatred. I didn’t have hatred towards others, instead I had a strong hatred for myself. If you asked me to write out a list of things I liked about myself, I would have absolutely nothing to say. Literally.

That’s how it began. But my self-hatred began to fester, and I found myself having panic attacks at the sight of myself.

Low self-esteem isn’t just about teenagers freaking out over a pimple, or about crowds of women running to the diet aisles hoping to get Beyonce’s shape. I can’t tell you how many times I tried to reach out to people for help and they told me things like “don’t worry we all have insecurities.”  Low self-esteem isn’t simply about insecurities, but rather it is about an overall dislike for yourself. That’s what makes low self-esteem so dangerous. Only by the grace of God I’m free from a demon that held me down for over a decade.

A flaw? That’s all?

 

I refer to my younger years as my glory days because I didn’t care about vanity. Sure we teased each other in elementary school, but it was all about good laughs! (I’m not saying it was right). I never actually considered whether or not I was beautiful to others.

The bible says satan prowls around like a lion looking for someone to devour. This had to be the period of my life when he saw me as an ideal victim, and he attacked me through hip-hop music. Before my love affair with 90’s music, I actually listened to old school hits. And I do mean old school! Until I was about 7, all I listened to were artists like Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, and Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. In fact I thought that music was new. You can imagine how crazy I looked when I asked my classmate if she heard the new Sam Cooke song.

But once I began to hear artists like Tupac, Biggie, Mariah Carey and Blackstreet, it was a wrap. Satan started by attacking my ears and then he aimed for my eyes. I would watch music videos any chance I could. That might not sound like much of a problem to some, but it was a big issue. Every video I seen I was digesting a shallow standard of beauty. As a result I had an idea of how an attractive man and woman would look like—but I hadn’t yet looked at my own reflection.

I can’t believe I’m ugly.

 

I could only go so long with the wool pulled over my eyes before a classmate pointed it out to me. Or should I say classmates. Things became real personal in middle school. It wasn't just joking around like it was in my earlier years. One morning I was jumping double-dutch with some friends and I could hear these guys nearby talking about us. I would never forget these words: “she would be fine if her nose wasn’t so big.” Going one day without teasing me about my nose would have been like a day without breathing for a lot of guys back then. I heard it all, from Bozo to Gonzo, to Rudolph. And then some.

At home I would spend a lot of time in the mirror pinching my nose to see how beautiful I would look with a smaller nose. It wasn’t long before I internalized my identity. I was the ugly girl with the big nose.

Don’t look at me.

 

During high school I spent most of my time in the background because I didn’t want to be talked about. Ironically, not too many people said much about me, but I assumed they would. I assumed every time a person stared at me too long they were mortified at my looks. I hated my shape, my face, and despite that fact that I had a 3.6 G.P.A., I thought I was stupid too. I always compared myself to the popular girls in school. I asked God why couldn’t I have her nose, or her clear skin? So far this sounds like a typical teenager to most. Don't let it fool you. That demon began to gain more and more strength and by college I was completely consumed and screaming for help.

I absolutely hate myself!

That demon began to attack me on every level. At this point in my life I would break down in tears when I saw pictures of myself. I showered in the dark so I wouldn’t see my body and I avoided mirrors like the plague. The times I actually glimpsed at my reflection, anxiety would take over and my hands would began to tremble. Panic attacks often followed. I assumed I was not attractive to any man. I didn’t even feel like a woman. At this point is wasn’t about my flaws. It was about me. I hated everything in me. I hated my voice, my laugh, my looks, and even my thoughts. I hated it all. Satan roamed free in my mind. On a normal day I would ask myself, “Why are you so ugly and so stupid? Why do I fail to meet the basic requirements of a woman?” I was clawing at myself spiritually and couldn’t stop. That is until God stepped in.

 

It’s no longer my battle

 

I’m not going to act like once I turned my life to God everything stopped. What I will say is now when those negative thoughts come to me I just let God take care of it.

Immediately after allowing Jesus Christ in my life I began to feel confident. I wasn’t confident in my looks or abilities, but instead I was confident in my future with Him. I went through a season filled with ups and downs. It was like God and satan were literally battling each other. You had God on one hand working through people who randomly told me I was beautiful, and you had satan working through people who were screaming from their cars calling me a ugly b-word. As you can guess, God won.

I still struggle with loving myself, but I will never be who I was glory to God. One time I was crying telling God I’m ugly, and He told me, “Daughter I cannot wait until you see yourself the way I see you.” God’s words are filled with endless layers of wisdom. Think about the way God sees us. We cannot hide from Him. He sees us in the morning, when we’re sick, and even when we are wearing the guilt of our sins! God still thinks we are beautiful! Why isn’t that enough? Why must we care what people on this earth think?

Numbers 23:19: God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

1 Peter 3:3-4:Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

God can do any and all things, but He will never mislead or lie to you. God says you’re beautiful. You can’t dispute that!

 

 

 

 

 

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God's Love Letter to You

Sometimes we all just need a reminder of how much God loves us. It helps us push forward and it counters every lie that satan has spoken over our lives. I came across this letter two years ago and it has blessed me ever since.

My Child,

You may not know me,

but I know everything about you.

(Psalm 139:1)

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.

(Psalm 139:2)

I am familiar with all your ways.

(Psalm 139:3)

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.

(Matthew 10:29-31)

For you were made in my image.

(Genesis 1:27)

In me you live and move and have your being.

(Acts 17:28)

For you are my offspring.

(Acts 17:28)

I knew you even before you were conceived.

(Jeremiah 1:4-5)

I chose you when I planned creation.

(Ephesians 1:11-12)

You were not a mistake,

for all your days are written in my book.

(Psalm 139:15-16)

I determined the exact time of your birth

and where you would live.

(Acts 17:26)

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

(Psalm 139:14)

I knit you together in your mother's womb.

(Psalm 139:13)

And brought you forth on the day you were born.

(Psalm 71:6)

I have been misrepresented

by those who don't know me.

(John 8:41-44)

I am not distant and angry,

but am the complete expression of love.

(1 John 4:16)

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.

(1 John 3:1)

Simply because you are my child,

and I am your Father.

(1 John 3:1)

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.

(Matthew 7:11)

For I am the perfect father.

(Matthew 5:48)

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.

(James 1:17)

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.

(Matthew 6:31-33)

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.

(Jeremiah 29:11)

Because I love you with an everlasting love.

(Jeremiah 31:3)

My thoughts toward you are countless

as the sand on the seashore.

(Psalms 139:17-18)

And I rejoice over you with singing.

(Zephaniah 3:17)

I will never stop doing good to you.

(Jeremiah 32:40)

For you are my treasured possession.

(Exodus 19:5)

I desire to establish you

with all my heart and all my soul.

(Jeremiah 32:41)

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.

(Jeremiah 33:3)

If you seek me with all your heart,

you will find me.

(Deuteronomy 4:29)

Delight in me and I will give you

the desires of your heart.

(Psalm 37:4)

For it is I who gave you those desires.

(Philippians 2:13)

I am able to do more for you

than you could possibly imagine.

(Ephesians 3:20)

For I am your greatest encourager.

(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17) 

I am also the Father who comforts you

in all your troubles.

(2 Corinthians 1:3-4)

When you are brokenhearted,

I am close to you.

(Psalm 34:18)

As a shepherd carries a lamb,

I have carried you close to my heart.

(Isaiah 40:11)

One day I will wipe away

every tear from your eyes.

(Revelation 21:3-4)

And I'll take away all the pain

you have suffered on this earth.

(Revelation 21:3-4)

I am your Father, and I love you

even as I love my son, Jesus.

(John 17:23)

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.

(John 17:26)

He is the exact representation of my being.

(Hebrews 1:3) 

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,

not against you.

(Romans 8:31)

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.

(2 Corinthians 5:18-19)

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.

(2 Corinthians 5:18-19) 

His death was the ultimate expression

of my love for you.

(1 John 4:10) 

I gave up everything I loved

that I might gain your love.

(Romans 8:31-32) 

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,

you receive me.

(1 John 2:23) 

And nothing will ever separate you

from my love again.

(Romans 8:38-39) 

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party

heaven has ever seen.

(Luke 15:7) 

I have always been Father,

and will always be Father.

(Ephesians 3:14-15)

Source: http://www.fathersloveletter.com/text.html

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God Where is my Husband?!?!!!

Marriage is not a game. It is also not about the wedding dress, the fancy venue, or the honeymoon. It’s so much bigger than that. Hey I understand. I thought once I turned my life to God I would instantly say my “I dos” and be off to live my rendition of The Cosby Show. I couldn’t have been more wrong! Single ladies, God is calling for us to hold our horses and look up to Him instead of looking around at the single men at church. The best way to find your husband is to not look for him at all. God could have it set up for you to meet your husband today, or five years from now. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter. The more you focus on God, the more you will see your love life as an abundance of love for all God’s people, rather than seeing it as a dreadful wait for your husband to arrive.

The way God sees marriage

 

Let’s take a moment to look at marriage from God’s prospective. In order to do so, knock the little house on the hill, dog and picket fence fantasy. The lovely dovey kiss smooch thing is only a small part of marriage. One of the biggest factors God considered when He created your husband was what you and he will do to add to His kingdom. If I could redefine marriage, I would describe it as you and your partner striving to not only make it to heaven, but to take as many people with you as possible. You and your husband are to have a ministry together. Now if God hasn’t revealed your gifts and your ministry yet, take this time to ask God. Your identity isn’t a wife. You should already have an identity in Christ before meeting that special one.

Identify your baggage

Erykah Badu said it best in Bag Lady: “One day all them bags gone get in your way, so pack light."  A lot of you are asking God for your husband and you are not even ready for him! If God were to send you your husband now, the baggage you’re carrying would scare him away real quick. Write out a list of your issues you want God to deal with before it’s time for your husband to come into your life. I will start first. Before I’m ready for my husband, I need God to rid me of:

-My low self-esteem.

-My fear of intimacy, caused by previous sexual abuse. 

 -My fear of rejection.

-My fear of success.

 -My tendency to be timid

 -Any borders around my heart.

It’s all about humility and transparency. Be honest with yourself. Write out your list and pray every morning for God to remove your baggage.

 

Knock the world’s standards

 

Now if it were up to me, my flesh in particular, my husband would have the spirit of David and look like a mix of Michael Ealy and Common. Now that would be oh so right. I’m only kidding loves! As attractive as those men are, that is not who I expect to marry someday. The number one thing to look for in a man is how he loves God. I can’t stress how important that is. If he doesn’t appreciate God for giving him life and protecting and providing for him, then how is he going to appreciate you? He needs to love God in order to love you.

Don’t be afraid to ask God

 

God is transparent. Anything you want to know He will tell you. Jesus said in Matthew 7:7-8, “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Every time a guy tries to pursue me I ask God to reveal if this guy is for me. God answers that prayer every time! The moment I closed my prayer with an amen, the door-holding gentleman mask instantly fell off and the man’s true character was exposed.

 

God sent me an interesting prophetic dream a few months ago. I was in a classroom taking a test. The students near me began to tease and bother me and I couldn’t focus. I broke down into tears and went to this separate room full of peace. There in that room was one guy taking his test. God put it in my heart that the guy in this room represented my husband. The moment I realized that, I began to cry harder pulling the damsel in distress role hoping to get his attention. But he paid me no mind. He just continued to take his test. So I decided to focus and do the same. As I was taking the test I could hear someone but the voice was muffled. I finally took my eyes off of my paper and looked up and saw the guy who represented my husband waving in my face to get my attention. God revealed to me in that dream that only when I am focused on the test, (the test representing God) did my husband come to me. So I’m spreading this priceless wisdom from God. Focus on Him! We have a lot to do as servants of God so there is plenty to keep you busy!

 

 

 

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Getting rid of the Negativity in your Life

As soon as I saw this, I knew I had to post it. For those of you going through a season of rejection and disappointments, this is for you. No matter how many times you’ve heard no, and no matter how many times you have planted seeds that have not sprouted, remember God is still God. He can flip a situation instantly, despite how hopeless and impossible it seems. The power of life and death is in the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). You can either speak life over your situation, or you can speak death over it. Satan knows this, that’s why he speaks such negative things in your mind. He wants you to think that where you are now is always where you are going to be. He wants you to think because you fell you are not worthy of God’s will. We must decree and declare that satan is a liar.

One season I completely reverted back to my old ways. I’m talking about everything. I went back to cursing, my anger was out of control again, I stopped reading my bible, and I stopped praying. I pretty much threw away everything God had worked so hard to set up in me. God just gave me to my desires knowing that I would get to a point where I would be crying out for Him. As you can guess, I did. I begged God for His mercy. But once satan saw that I was trying to come back to God, there was a tug of war in the spirit. I had God in one ear urging me to come back to Him and I had satan in the other ear telling me I messed up and God is done with me. One morning I heard God’s voice much clearer than I ever had in the past. He told me “No matter what daughter I will always love you and welcome you with open arms.” Many of you are going through a tug of war in the spirit. It could be because you are coming back to God, or maybe you are about to be elevated.  But no matter what the situation is, or how many rejections you have faced, God will never reject you. As long as you are breathing you are in God’s covenant. So print out this chart and look at it every time satan tries to put negative thoughts in your mind. May it remind you every day how favored you are, and how much God loves you.   

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By Whose Eyes do you Seek to be Beautiful?

1 Samuel 16:7: “The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

So you have a girl who cries at her reflection wishing she looked like the models in the magazines, and a girl who loves her reflection because she can’t go two steps without a trail of men hawking her. What’s the difference between these two ladies?

In my opinion, there’s no difference at all.  

Whether you are confident or suffer from low self-esteem, if you value or devalue yourself because of others, there’s a problem. God is calling for us to see ourselves the way He sees us, and reject the standards that satan has placed on this world.

 Sure it’s easier said than done, in fact, it is an everyday process. We are bombarded with media that portray shallow impossible standards of beauty. Here’s a funny story: Model Cindy Crawford once said, “I wish I looked like Cindy Crawford.”

My point is it gets scary when we digest unrealistic standards and are unable to separate what is real from the fake.

Let me break it down a little further.

A Worldly Woman

 

 

No disrespect to these women, but let’s be real. These women are like a bouquet of flowers, and who doesn’t like flowers? Flowers are beautiful and colorful, and draw attention. There’s only one issue—flowers are purchased to be decorative beauties in your home, but not for long. Flowers begin to wither and their beauty is short-lived. Sure there are guys who know this and will still take one of these ladies in a heartbeat. But why strive for momentary beauty?

Proverbs 31:30: Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; 
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Don’t let these women fool you. As confident as they appear to be on camera, I guarantee you there lay a little girl inside of them who hate what she sees when she looks in the mirror. That little girl comes to surface every time the makeup comes off and the camera shuts off. Flowers may bring out those drapes in your living room but when it dies you are left with the same living room. Don’t live for a moment. Use every moment and live.

A Woman of God

A woman of God is like a green plant. Sure to some she may seem dull compared to the colorful bouquets of flowers, but unlike her counterpart she sustains. The shallow bouquets of flowers are just snippets of her, they are just freeze frames of her beautiful silhouettes. Buying a bouquet of flowers is the cheap way of getting what a plant can offer. Dealing with a worldly woman is an impatient way to get the sex and attractiveness that comes from a woman of God. But it doesn’t last long.

A woman of God is the real deal. But she can’t be treated any old way. She is precious to God and must not be mistreated. She can produce flowers just as beautiful, if not more beautiful, but she must be protected and constantly in God’s elements. Though her flowers may fade, her leaves and foundation still stands. She can produce flowers as long as she lives.

Proverbs 31:10-12: A wife of noble character who can find? 
She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.

She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.

The lesson here is focus on feeding your spirit and not so much on the physical. Don’t get me wrong; it’s nothing like getting dolled up and embracing your beauty. It becomes a problem when you feel that’s all you are.

And if you don’t look like a model chick, guess what—most of us don’t. I certainly don’t and I’m proud of it. I’m a supermodel in the spirit and no matter how old I get that will never change. Good men are not looking for quick fixes; they are looking for a powerful woman of God to back them up. So next time you look in the mirror and wish you were a pound smaller, or next time you decide to wear that form-fitting dress only for Facebook likes, remember this: You are not just a flower. You are a beautiful flower producing plant. Embrace it.

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