Spiritual Health - Blessings and Curses

What is a curse?  What does the Bible say about curses?  As we are seeking to build a new life how do Blessing and Curses factor in?

Transcript:

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast, Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I use that word rebuild because we're specifically designed for women who feel like they're starting over right there in the middle of their life.

A few things could lead you to that point.

Really common one is divorce.

Sometimes, it's the death of a spouse.

But for whatever reason, there in the middle of your life, all your plans for the future have gone up in smoke, and it feels like you're starting over.

If that's you, first of all, let me say, I'm truly sorry.

I know what that feels like, and it does not feel good.

However, there is so much hope.

You are in the right place.

Welcome.

I'm so glad you're here.

So, let's get down to business.

Today's episode.

If you'll remember, I said there were five areas I focused on when I wanted to rebuild my life.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and growth and goals.

So, today's episode is going to fall under the category of spiritual health.

And when I tell you the name of it, just bear with me and hear me out, okay?

I just need you to hear me through on this one.

Because today, we're going to talk about blessings and curses.

And I know that sounds really odd.

We don't use the term curses in today's society very often.

If we talk about a curse, we tend to think of witches and cauldrons, maybe Halloween, but it's something that we really don't believe in.

It's on the fringe of society.

It's not a realistic thing in our daily life.

We kind of roll our eyes and move on.

I get that.

But what if I were to tell you there's a different way to look at curses, and they're more prevalent in your life than you realize?

And that's what I want to talk about today.

Okay?

So I have a scripture that I want to read, that this whole blessings and curses is based on, it's in Deuteronomy.

But let me just set it up for you just a little bit to give you the full backdrop of when this is being said, the full context.

So you kind of get a feel for it.

So Moses is the one speaking.

And if you'll remember, Moses is the one that led the Israelites out of slavery.

So they were in Egypt in bondage, right?

Moses came and said to the Pharaoh, let my people go, right?

And what did Pharaoh say?

He said, no.

And there were these plagues.

You've read about them in the Bible stories.

And the final plague was the death of the first born son.

And that's where we get Passover, because the death angel passed over the Israelites, because they followed what God said.

Remember all these stories, right?

So Moses led them out of captivity, led them out of slavery, and he was leading them to a promised land, right?

God had promised them something, that they would become a nation, that they were their own people, and they would have land and be a great nation.

So Moses leads them out of slavery, leads them out of bondage and captivity.

But then what happens?

They wander in the desert for 40 years.

That's a really long time.

And you can say a lot of reasons why they wondered and biblical scholars and theologians who know way more than me, can theorize on that for a while.

But where we get to in our story, in our scripture, is at the end of that 40 year journey.

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