The Wisdom of a 5-year-old

When I was little girl I remember that I could *sometimes* be mean to other kids. I have a distinct memory of us making fun of each other all the time. We used to tease kids who were poor (not realizing then, of course, that we were ALL poor!). We talked about the ones who's houses smelled funny. And we were merciless against the one who ate candy off of the ground! Oh that poor kid!

We used to say things about each other back and forth. Sort of like this...

Kid 1: You're fat!
Kid 2: Nuh uh!
Kid 1: Yes you are. And your house stinks.
Kid 2: You eat of the ground!
Kid 1: Only once. You're ugly!
Kid 2: I'm rubber, you're glue. Anything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!

And that pretty much ended the whole exchange right then and there. What else could be said after that? Nothing...

Well I think sometimes we adults need to adopt that attitude with our SEW voices. We need to start saying "I'm rubber, you're glue!".

When SEW says you won't make it, you say "I'm rubber, you're glue!"
When SEW says she won't get off drugs, you say "I'm rubber, you're glue!"When SEW says he won't be healed, you say "I'm rubber, you're glue!"
When SEW says you aren't loved, you say "I'm rubber, you're glue!"
When SEW says God won't forgive you, you say "I'm rubber, you're glue!"

Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!
It bounces off because at the very core of us we are filled with God's love. We are filled with the Holy Spirit. We are filled with trust in the Lord that all things work together for good. We are filled with God's comfort that assures us that His Grace is sufficient. We are filled with the Truth of who God is and who He says we are in Him.

That love - that spirit - that trust - that comfort - that truth - all grow together and expand all throughout ourselves, from the inside out. We are then armored on the outside and the arrows of the enemy simply bounce off.

It's the power of the God IN you that keeps the voices OUT.

So when the voices speak lies to you just say "Nuh uh! I'm rubber, you're glue. Anything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!"

You'll be surprised at how powerful the simple words of a 5-year-old can be.

"But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin." Micah 3:8

Silly I know, but still in love,
Mona