My Declaration

My Declaration

Through the hills and the sharp turns called life, there have been moments of growth where I felt great. There were other moments where I felt completely lost. Going through what most may call an emotional rollercoaster for so long, I went into these different emotional “modes” that looking back on it, made me feel and appear to have a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde personality. One minute, I felt ‘normal’, in the sense of being emotionally stable and the next second, ‘abnormal’ – an extreme form of emotional pain or hurt. It wasn’t as happy of a balance.

Explaining this to one of my close friends, she recommended a book – I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak over Your Life by Joel Osteen. As someone who is a spiritualist more so a believer in organized religion, I was a little apprehensive as I look to different levels of motivation to lead a life of blessings and positivity. However, she encouraged me to read it as another perspective in building myself whole again.

 Broken into thirty-one segments, the goal of the book is to “define the most powerful blessings in Scripture and encourages readers to declare one each day for a month.” Through this, each declaration will affirm “God’s blessings in the area of health, family legacy, decisions, finances, thoughts, outlook and overcoming obstacles.”

 

It emphasizes that the words we use and declare aloud aligns with what we believe our future will hold: “You cannot talk defeat and expect to have victory. You can’t talk lack and expect to have abundance. You will produce what you say…The moment you speak them out, you allow them to take root.”

We should not use our words to describe the situation – “calling it in.” Instead, we need to use our words to change the situation – “declaring” our trajectory.

 My Declaration:

I declare that starting today; I will use my words to change my situation – from calling in to declare my victories every day.