Tell the Untold Story Inside of You {Link Party} Others Thoughts Don't Define Me. ~ Eisy Morgan

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This is what has been on my mind and heart lately.

For far too long in my life I have allowed what I believe others to think about me to dictate how or who I am. Instead of just worrying about what God thinks and making sure I am pursuing Him, I tend to take a little of everyone's said or unsaid opinions and wear them as if it were my job to do so.

This is not freedom.

I went on a long run on Saturday and was listening to Beth Moore on my phone about our Inheritance. As I listened I passed many people on the trail and one of my pet peeves is when I say hello to people and they just stare back at me or don't even acknowledge me. I always think "where are we as a society where being kind to one another even in the smallest ways has become irrelevant." and it would make me angry. But then the thought occurred to me, that how they respond to me has nothing to with who I am and should not change who I am.

I can choose to be a friendly person regardless of how others respond to me. My friendliness or kindness doesn't cease to exist simply because others choose to be rude to me.

And this translates into life.

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Let's be honest, not everyone is going to like us.

This thought used to devastate me. Why on earth would someone not like me?

{ha ha, I can only imagine}

But I am not so naive to think that there aren't a lot of things that I do or do not do that get's under people's skin. I don't have to try to give them a reason to disregard me as a person.

But this shouldn't break me, this shouldn't take away my value, this doesn't lessen me.

Freedom is being able to be yourself while choosing to love those that don't love you,

and still being OK with that.

I know I have changed, and that the Lord really is renewing my mind...

and it makes me think...

"hey, people CAN change! There is always HOPE!"

Because my reaction to things is changing, and I am a very reactionary person...believe me!

“ But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.” -Matthew 12:36 (OUCH)

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This concept has always been good in theory but not always in practice.

But as I have been working things through with God, I notice change in myself. Change I didn't really know was possible, but so encouraged that it is.

You see, I love a good fight. I am not going to lie.

You know those people who hate confrontation and avoid it all costs, I am pretty much the opposite.

Anger has been an issue in our family.

I have talked to my brother about the way it almost feels like a high you ride when you are mad at someone.

It's not right, it's not healthy.

Before I wouldn't think through things, I would just go with that feeling because I rather enjoyed it.

If someone wanted to go, well....then...let's go.

But I have been thinking about the worth of it all.

Entering into a pointless battle where there may be no real resolution.

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I HATE being misunderstood.

I wish everyone could see into my heart and know what I really meant, or what I really feel,

or my real intentions..

but they can't

and they will continue to believe about me what they choose to believe about me.

And those things are not always good.

But that does not take away the truth.

Because someone believes something about me that might be partly true,

or something I may have done that they didn't like...

it is their perogative not to like me because of what they know.

But it doesn't change the fact that I know who I am, how I am trying to let God change me and renew my thoughts and change my heart and live in grace.

So I have decided I am going to TRY not to bend and sway my emotions by how people respond to me, or treat me, or a "vibe or feeling" I get from them, and worry and stew about how they might have misunderstood me.

Not saying I will or do get it right every time, but it's what I want to do.

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It's who I want to be.

{Obviously having a true issue is something I would like to talk through with people I love, but I am speaking about more of my perceived impressions of dislike I feel from people}.

So many of our battles are lost in our minds before they sever even happening.