04/24/2026
There is something powerful about watching your words. Yesterday I was in a department store picking up something for my father, and while I was there I decided I would take advantage of every moment. So I started getting my steps in, walking the aisles, moving while I waited. Before I knew it I had logged around 1,500 steps and I was excited about it. What blessed me was how many people were cheering me on. People were smiling, flashing their watches, saying they were on their own fitness journey too. It was such a beautiful reminder that discipline can inspire people.
Then I got to the register. I mentioned almost joyfully how many steps I had gotten in, and the cashier barked, “Well I’d lose weight too if I weren’t going through perimenopause.” I looked at her and said, “I’m going through perimenopause too, and I’m losing weight.” She said, “Well I can’t.” I said, “Yes, you can.” She said, “No, I can’t.” I told her, “Hormonal issues may make it more challenging, but they do not make it impossible. You have to educate yourself if you want to win the hormonal battle.” Then she said, “Well maybe for you, but not for me.” Then she added, “I’m diabetic too.” And I almost said, “Diabetics lose weight too.” But I stopped, because the Holy Spirit interrupted me. I heard within myself, leave it alone. Because you cannot talk someone out of a mindset they are committed to protecting.
And right there at that register it hit me. This is not about perimenopause. This is not about diabetes. This is about agreement. Agreement with defeat. Agreement with limitation. Agreement with stuckness. As I walked back to my car still getting my steps in, Holy Spirit began talking to me. I said, “Lord, what was that?” And I sensed Him say, She is not bound first by hormones. She is bound by the words coming out of her mouth. Then I heard Him ask me, What if you watched your words and thoughts in every area of your life the way you are learning to watch them here? And I felt convicted.
Because I realized something. I am seeing progress in the midst of PCOS, in the midst of perimenopause, not because these things are not real, but because I refuse to let them become prophecy over my life. I refuse to let a diagnosis have a louder voice than discipline. I refuse to let obstacles name my outcome. The Word says death and life are in the power of the tongue, Proverbs 18:21. And Philippians 4:13 says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Not some things. All things. Including hard things. Including hormonal things. Including things that require education, strategy, and warfare.
And let me say something. A month or so ago I made a post about weight loss and some people got upset. Then they got even more upset when I said, stay stuck. But I meant it. Because that is exactly what the wrong mindset and a slew of excuses will do. Keep you stuck while others are moving. Keep you defending why you cannot while others are learning how they can. Some people are loyal to their excuses and then resent people who challenge them. But beloved, for every obstacle you can think of, somebody has overcome it. Every single one.
Stop worshiping your barriers. Stop rehearsing impossibility. Stop partnering with “I can’t,” because “I can’t” is often a prison built with words. Some of you have been speaking yourself into bo***ge. Watch your mouth. Watch your thoughts. Watch your agreements. Because sometimes the warfare is not even the obstacle, it is the language you keep using about the obstacle. Many people do not need more information. They need a new confession.
You can stay in the lane of excuses if you want. Stay stuck if you want. But I have decided I will not let challenges become my identity. I will educate myself. I will fight. I will move. I will believe God. And I will keep proving that what many call impossible is often unchallenged thinking. Watch your words. They are carrying your future.
This is God pushing you through me! ❣️
Markeida Faithe, LCSW
The Power Pusher