Stigma

I have not written anything in a long time. Last week, I was reading the parable about the talents and I said to God, " I haven't been using this talent and I don't want to lose it because it's a blessing to write poetry" but I haven't been inspired in awhile.

I woke up this morning with words floating in my head lol it's weird but it's true, so I reached for my iPod and started to write what was flowing out of me. As I wrote, the topic stigma came into my head.

The definition of stigma means to "loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action."

Many fear the idea of being stigmatised, so they prefer to live in a lie because they feel it's safer and they can self manage whatever is keeping them in bondage. But this self manage and secrecy is what actually keeps people in bondage.

The word says, whoever the son sets free, is free indeed. Christ came to set us free, therefore we do not need to hide within our circumstances whether it's an addiction , from drugs to self harm or whether it's a sin which we are fighting overcome. Christ came to free and empower us so that we don't have to be shackled to any stigma but to walk in the identity he has called us walk in.

I pray right now, that whatever your stigma may be. Whatever addiction, whatever lies you have hidden due to fear, what ever self-sufficient life you have been living , I pray that you are become free of that in Jesus name. No weapon formed against you shall prosper and every tongue which rises against you will be brought into condemnation. In Jesus name!