Edified: Insights for LDS Women
10 Lies We Tell Ourselves, Part 1 
26 JULY 2020

One way that the adversary gets us to stop our forward progress is to feed us full of lies and half-truths that make us second guess our call, our purpose, our ability, or the value of what we have to offer others. 

Lie #1: “I am not ____ enough”  

Truth: There will always be someone who is younger, older, more experienced, more educated, more accomplished, more popular, more intelligent, or more “whatever” you filled in that blank with. The LIE is when we tell ourselves that because others are more ______ than us, there is something wrong with us or lacking in us that makes us inferior as a woman.  

Affirmation: “I have the seeds of godliness within me. My journey is uniquely mine. God has called me to a work and He qualifies me for the work through the Atoning power of Jesus Christ. My gifts together with God’s grace makes me not only ENOUGH, but the perfect person to accomplish the work I am called to do.”

Lie #2: The Lord is too busy to focus on my needs. Others need His attention way more than I do. I’m being selfish if I bother the Lord by asking for more blessings than I’ve already been given. 

Truth: There are people around us who are facing greater trials and hardships than we are. The LIE is when we tell ourselves the Lord is too busy to focus on our needs or that there is a quota of blessings.

Affirmation: “My God is limitless. He wants me to pray for others AND for the desires of my own heart. When I approach my Heavenly Father in prayer, my greatest desire is that I might align my will with His.” 

Lie #3: I am not in control of my own happiness -- I cannot be happy when there is so much suffering in the world -- I will be happy when _____ happens.

Truth: There is a lot of suffering in the world. It’s all around us. Some of it is beyond anything we can bear to imagine. And it breaks our hearts. 

Another half-truth is the idea that we will be happy when _____ happens.

Saying that we’ll be happy when ______ happens, suggests that we can’t be happy if ______ DOESN’T happen. 

The LIE then is the suggestion that (1) our happiness depends on others’ use of their agency or (2) the assertion that we can’t be happy unless we can control our circumstances. Both of those statements are counterintuitive to the Father’s Plan of Happiness. 

DO ONE THING Invitation

This week’s invitation is to recognize the voice of your inner critic and come up with an affirmation to replace the lie. Write your affirmation down and practice saying it until it sounds more natural than the lie. 

This process of substitution might take some time, depending on how long you’ve been buying the “LIE,” but it can make a huge difference in our ability to “press forward with a perfect brightness of hope.” 

If you have a particular “LIE” you’ve been struggling with, please let me know. You can Direct Message me on IG @melinda.r.morgan or through Facebook @ Edified: Insights for LDS Woman. You can also contact me through email by visiting my website: melindarmorgan.com. 

I would love to hear from you and to feature your “LIE” in my next episode. 

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