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Soaking in the Word


Cognitive behavioral therapy, a technique used in talk therapy, focuses on changing my words to life-giving words. I've found that Jesus Christ is the sweetness to my soul and healing to my inner spirits. 

He is the Word the truth and the life.

The more I soak in the Word, the more I find it releasing a sweetness in my soul and healing my spirit. 

 Nothing is more appealing than speaking beautiful, life-giving words. For they release sweetness to our souls and inner healing to our spirits.

"Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones." Proverbs 26:24 TPT

God's Words are pleasant. I eat them and they are sweet. My mind finds comfort, my heart finds peace and my soul is delighted.

Depression is depressing. 

Nothing drags you down faster than negative thoughts. It would be far better for someone drowning with stones in his pocket than fighting negative thoughts. That was my mindset until I discovered that I could renew my mind using God's Word: pleasurable and sweet like a honeycomb. 

I saw God's promises of love, safety, and hope as sweetness to my soul, and health to my bones. 



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