The Bible records that when Naomi returns to her homeland with Ruth after the death of her husband and two sons, she meets a group of women who remember her. When they greet her, in frustration and depression, she tells them not to call her Naomi (which means "Pleasant)," but to call her Mara (which means "Bitter").
In other words, she changed her name based on how she felt and what she had been through. Wrong move. How you feel is not who you are, and you should never define yourself based on what you have been through. Why? Because everything is in motion. Nothing stays the same. Where you are right now, is not where you will always be - especially if you want out. We women do it all of the time. We are very emotional beings, and we tend to be super-dramatic in the way we describe how we feel. Wrong move. Why? Because the power of life and death is in the tongue. Words have life.
From now on, don't confess how you feel - confess what God's Word says about your cirumstances. How you feel is not why you are. As a matter of fact, you should be vary wary of using your emotions as a guidepost - period!!
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