Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five-day-a-week, daily devotional where we share the word, prayers, in our heart.

I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent.

Well, this is our victory week on the Five-Word Prayers Daily. Who doesn't need some victory in our lives, yes? So what do you think of when I say the word labels? Have you ever felt

labeled before? I'm guessing you have. I definitely have, and not always fairly, and I have to

admit I don't like labels very much, and I don't find them particularly helpful in most cases.

We're going to talk about labels on the show today, so stick around.

I'm about to date myself, but please tell me you remember those label makers back when, and

you had one like I did, and at least for a few days went around making labels for everything

and sticking them onto things.

Yes?

No?

Just me?

Okay, well, look, teens and 20 something's listening. I remember when I was about

eight getting one of these for Christmas and it was literally my very favorite thing that Christmas

and I went around to random things like the can opener and I made a label can opener or whatever it was

and I stuck it on there. True story. I labeled everything that year. I love my label maker, but I do not

love labels. I don't like it when people lump me into a category typically or when I hear people

lump others into a category of some kind. Labels generally, I don't find helpful. I remember a counselor

once told me that the words always and never are not good for our vocabulary,

particularly when you're referring to someone. You always or you never, like when you're in a fight.

And this is what labels remind me of. It's kind of like saying you are always in this category

or you are never going to be in this space. And that is a limiting

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