Years ago, the Lord gave me a vision of a woman.  Inside of her was a barren world with dead trees and storm clouds in a desert landscape.  Outside of her was a mirror image of the same landscape with the same clouds, dusty terrain, and blackened trees.  I struggled with the metaphor for a bit and then the words of Ed Smith, the founder of Theophostic prayer ministry came to me.  The basic principle is this: What you feel is what you believe, and what you believe might as well be true, because the results will be the same.  For me, after enduring years of narcissistic abuse, the vision…