Please help us to know You as we "do the next thing." Please help us to be faithful to the duties of the present moment.
"Success in the temporal world would not satisfy you... "
Help us not to think of what we 'could have had.'
Please help us to see and be thankful for all that we DO have.
Being kind to our spouses is not a sign of being a doormat.
I know who I am and I lay my life down willingly.
"Those who won't care for their own relatives,
especially those living in the same house (our spouse, our children) have denied what we believe.
They are worse than unbelievers!!"
-1 tim. 5:9
"There are no slackards here!"
"We are the same as the people that are our hero's. It is how we feel about ourselves that makes the difference. We need to value ourselves and make decisions and choices that enhance our self esteem. Learn to value yourself as if you are valuable, not desparate. Trust yourself. Assert yourself. Respect yourself. Honor yourself by being willing to think independently to live by our own mind, and to have the courage of your own perceptions and judgements, to honor yourself is to be willing to know not only what we think but also what we feel, what we want, need, desire, suffer over, are frightened by or angered by and to accept our rights to experience such feelings." -Codependent No More
"Sometimes we impose ourselves on our controller,
but sometimes we are invited there, even dragged there.
When was the last time somebody put you in charge of his or her problem. 'If you are going to tell me what to do, why don't you just do it for me?' Sooner or later all gods get fired or tired.
We are supposed to help one another
but how do we know when help has morphed into a quest for control?
The first clue is that the helper is doing all the work.
Simultaneously the one being helped lazily lapses into the mentality of a victim of his or her own weakness and all the while gets to be the center of the strong person's attentions.
What a deal.
You can't deliver people.
Only God can.
Let God undo that tangled up mess and retie your security to Himself.
He is the One with the power."
-So Long Insecurity.
"Success in the temporal world would not satisfy you... "
Help us not to think of what we 'could have had.'
Please help us to see and be thankful for all that we DO have.
Being kind to our spouses is not a sign of being a doormat.
I know who I am and I lay my life down willingly.
"Those who won't care for their own relatives,
especially those living in the same house (our spouse, our children) have denied what we believe.
They are worse than unbelievers!!"
-1 tim. 5:9
"There are no slackards here!"
"We are the same as the people that are our hero's. It is how we feel about ourselves that makes the difference. We need to value ourselves and make decisions and choices that enhance our self esteem. Learn to value yourself as if you are valuable, not desparate. Trust yourself. Assert yourself. Respect yourself. Honor yourself by being willing to think independently to live by our own mind, and to have the courage of your own perceptions and judgements, to honor yourself is to be willing to know not only what we think but also what we feel, what we want, need, desire, suffer over, are frightened by or angered by and to accept our rights to experience such feelings." -Codependent No More
"Sometimes we impose ourselves on our controller,
but sometimes we are invited there, even dragged there.
When was the last time somebody put you in charge of his or her problem. 'If you are going to tell me what to do, why don't you just do it for me?' Sooner or later all gods get fired or tired.
We are supposed to help one another
but how do we know when help has morphed into a quest for control?
The first clue is that the helper is doing all the work.
Simultaneously the one being helped lazily lapses into the mentality of a victim of his or her own weakness and all the while gets to be the center of the strong person's attentions.
What a deal.
You can't deliver people.
Only God can.
Let God undo that tangled up mess and retie your security to Himself.
He is the One with the power."
-So Long Insecurity.
No comments:
Post a Comment