The Positive Side of Mind Control

The Girl in the Red Shirt

By: Susan Deborah Schiller

Life Story Writing Tip: Some of our stories are game changers. There are moments of our lives when suddenly it clicks and the trajectory of our life takes on a new direction. Usually it's the quiet moments, the ordinary days, when God speaks and we have an opportunity to change our course. When we don't listen, we get the not-so-quiet opportunities. We live the adventure of Grace, either way. Maybe this little story will help you to recall a time in your life when you suddenly "clicked" and began to walk in a different way…

Dressing for bed one night, I pulled on a red shirt, when out of the blue I heard a quiet voice in my heart say, "Take note and remember what you're wearing tonight." Since 1999 I've been learning to take moments of silence, to pause and listen to my heart. I've learned this is how our Heavenly Papa loves to chat with us. So I went to bed a bit puzzled but eager to learn what my Father was up to!

Then I fell asleep and dreamed:

What a noisy and fun playground! I was playing a high action game with a group of children. Hard to believe, but we were all taking turns shooting a high-powered rifle. There was much laughter and a sense of innocence. No one expected anything harmful to happen.

We were just playing, right?

It was my turn to shoot the gun and as my finger pulled the trigger a girl dressed in a red shirt fell to the ground. Total shock! None of us expected anything bad to happen. In fact, no one at all blamed me. It could have happened to any one of us. We each had been taking turns doing the very same thing.

The horror I felt was terrifying! It was so real, so deep and painful that I woke up, as if from a nightmare. But it wasn't a nightmare… it was a dream message.

As it often is in dreams, I was both characters: the girl in the red shirt who fell down dead and the girl who innocently fired the weapon while playing. My own belief system – all the "you're ugly, you'll never be good enough, no one will ever marry you" words, like verbal bullets, were killing the real me, in my conscious life. I was stuck in a performance mentality where I never measured up.

Not only did I have critical thoughts of myself, but I also had been entertaining critical thoughts about other people. Statistics show that the majority of humans think negative thoughts about about themselves and others 80% of the time! And we are our own worst enemies, the harshest critics, and the worst self-haters of all time. It's the environment we live in, even in most churches.

Words are like bullets, aimed to bring life or death, either to protect or to kill. Our lives are voice-controlled and whatever we speak is what we get.

Our tongues release words that are generated from our hearts, our belief system. Words release power – to change, to heal, to hurt, to bring life.

What if we were to discover that the circumstances in our lives right now are a direct result of our beliefs which lead to thoughts which lead to words which lead to actions which lead to results… whether for good or for evil.

In the book of Genesis we find that God spoke the world into existence, and when it came time to bring life to the first man, Adam, God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, downloading His very own image – His DNA – into Adam. Adam woke up and began talking… he used his words to name all the animals and he learned how to manage the world around him through language.

God and Adam managed the world through voice control, and we do, too!

He had an idea, a thought, and suddenly or progressively the thought manifested into his reality! In the cool of the evenings, Adam and God walked and talked. Adam was never left alone to figure things out by himself, that is, until he and Eve blew it with the snake. They were evicted from the Garden of Eden, that place of walking and talking intimately with God.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.(Prov. 18:21 ESV)

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, (Matt 12:36 ESV)

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. (Prov. 16:24 ESV)

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matt 12:37 ESV)

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. (Prov 15:4 ESV)

We need to hear loving words from our Father. It changes how we see both God, ourselves, and others. It changes how we speak, and what we speak is what we get. What we think is who we are. I try to surround myself with people who are moving in this direction, and Graham Cooke is one of them.

Graham Cooke is paving the way in helping us to have brilliant thoughts! Have a listen for yourself… and imagine what the world would be like if we all began to consciously use voice-control, both inwardly and outwardly!

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These are wonderful words to reframe our past, to sow into our future, and to chart a path to a better world. World change begins one person, one home, and one community at a time! We can all be world changers 🙂

Writing Prompt: Think of an intersection in your life's journey where you had to turn around, back track, and take a new path. What did you discover and how did it come about?

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With all my love,

Sue

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