After creating your vision board, what are the most important details or declarations that you added to it? How do you believe this will help you with affirming your identity?
I would say the declaration I added was a form of growth. I added like plants and what not to my vision board to explain growth in this season in both just healing myself, so that I can help other people and live out what God has for me! This helps me affirm my identity because it reminds me that it’s okay that everything isn’t perfect, and it’s okay where I am right now. And it allows me to trust and know that there is always room for growth, and with God He will help me get there
I am definitely a lot more confident then what I used to be. I look back and I realize situations from my past where God was actually talking to me, but I denied it. So now that I’ve taken this class I’m more aware of His voice and that the things that He may say are not going to make sense all the time. But He knows better than we ever will so I’m learning to just actually trust His voice! One way I can grow is just taking every opportunity. Everywhere I go whether I feel like it or not, always asking God for a word for someone and then actually delivering it!
After putting humility into practice, which of the five practices do you believe helped you the most? What do you notice happening to your mindset or lifestyle?
I think one of the practices that could really help me would be receiving feedback and correction. Because I always think that I will be fine just doing it myself, and I think that I got it. But God has been showing me that I can’t do it myself, and He has blessed me with leaders that are willing to help me grow that are amazing. And that I need help in order to actually grow and heal overall. So I’m learning to go seek feedback and seek correction in my life and realize that I can’t do it myself.
Do you practice journaling regularly? How could journaling help you with managing your thoughts? Are there any thoughts that have come up while journaling recently that you believe God wants to address?
I have been journaling regularly yes! Ever since I started it’s been so amazing, and the Lord has spoken to me in so many unexpected ways, but I know that they are Him. For me usually my thoughts are all over the place. And so with journaling it helps me to write them all down and know which ones I can disregard and the ones I need to bring to the Lord. Then once I have them all written down I’m able to discuss them with the Lord. And He just speaks in so many powerful ways and it helps calm my rushing thoughts every morning. Some thoughts that have come recently is just like stepping out of my comfort zone when it comes to my family. He revealed to me how I’m conforming to my family, and not being my true self that God created me to be. So recently He’s been pushing me with that which is so unexpected and something I never thought about. But I’m grateful God is helping me through everything!
I’m going to change my mindset. And I’m going to try and be quicker to replacing the lies and fear in my mind and replace it with Gods truth. So that I don’t end up just sitting in that fear or insecurity