In Ezekiel 37:11 Israel said, “…Our bones are dry, our hope is lost…” Dialoguing in hopelessness will dry up our bones. Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.”

We can take a lesson from one with a merry heart. What do they think about which keeps them healthy without medicine? Jeremiah turned the corner from hopelessness to hope. Read his words of truth. 

Lamentations 3:22-24 says, “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I hope in Him!” I love the exclamation points in my Bible.

When we speak the truth of God’s character, His promises, or His steadfast love, it feeds our innermost being with life. It puts rebar in our sagging hearts. When we start to carry on an inner dialogue that is pulling us down, we can course correct through speaking truth to our hearts. We affirm the truth we read by making it ours through experiential knowledge.