The Lie You’re Believing & What God Says Instead

a Bible sitting outside on a tree stump as the wind blows flips the pages to the right

July 17, 2023

Tracey Tiernan

Recently, I wrote pages and pages in my journal, pouring out my heart to God. This was therapeutic because, usually, I hold in all of the things that are bothering me for far too long until I feel like a dam about to burst.

I hold it in because I feel…A LOT, and it’s not always easy to express those emotions.

One of the things I have been feeling is that “I’m too much.” This is a deeply-rooted belief that I’ve been trying to uproot and dismantle. My emotions, my needs, my desires, my fears, my projects, my dreams, my hopes…I’ve been believing that they are simply too much. More specifically, I have been buying into the lie that all of these things about myself are too much trouble and will only bother people.

I am not quite sure where I picked that lie up, but it’s just been reinforced over the years. As I was writing, I realized that a lie we believe about ourselves becomes a filter through which we see everything, and it gains strength like a storm over the ocean. This got me thinking about how they name storms. So, how about we start naming lies, too? This can actually be a helpful tool for us. In fact, naming the lie is Biblical because the Bible tells us to “capture rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)

My lie is named “I am too much” and it has to go. “I am too much trouble” and “I am a lot” are other lies that I have believed for too long, and they have to go as well.

I might be too much for some people, but clearly, those are not my people.

As I poured all of this out to God in my journal, He stopped my pen on the paper to let me know He sees me.