More to share

Every day I learn more about myself. I have been doing a lot of reading and deep deep soul searching. As I do this I take lots of notes to look back at and to share with others with the hopes that something I write may inspire you.

Never waste time waiting for something to happen. Take advantage of the opportunities God gives us to recover

Trust in God as small children trust in us

Know that you are powerless to change on your own. I have failed many times by trying to participate in what I thought, were the right activities and behaviors. You cannot change from the outside in

My needs are never greater than God’s supply

Someday I will be changed. I am struggling with dependency, in despair about my devastated life. But during this time I try to reflect on who I will become if I entrust my life to God.

I have swallowed my pride and admitted my mistakes

God may lead us into some tough times and experiences but as painful as they may be, we can be assured that he has our best in mind. We can also be sure that He will stand with us throughout the process

Anger expressed in selfish or harmful ways will always stand in our way to becoming the true person we are meant to be.

We may experience opposition when God begins to change us. Friends and family may feel threatened by the changes and try to stop us, if we experience opposition from co-dependants, we should be never surprised nor discouraged. We should continue trusting God to change us so we can help our family and friends.

Our faith in God and commitment to change often receives the criticism of others. Sometimes friends and family have a hard time believing we are sincere from our past behaviors. We can be sure that no matter what others may say or think God is pleased with the steps we are taking. If we persevere, we will discover that others will someday praise our efforts too.

Denial will never help things; it will only lead to greater suffering and devastation. We should act right away and heed the warning we receive. If we don’t we are headed for even greater trouble.

God is always talking to us especially when we are headed to self destruction. God sends us signals but we tend to ignore them and believe we can do just fine without him. So as we are heading for a path of self-destruction something drastic was/is needed to shake us up. He may send a catastrophe or event to get us back on the right track. Continuing on our present path will only lead to our self destruction.

These last events which took place in my life have shown me and have given me back self respect, honor and righteousness. Developing these qualities and through the events taking place in my life right now has made me face up to and dealing with my own inadequacies, dysfunctions and compulsive behaviors. Facing up to these was and is not easy nor painless

Through this journey I have learned that God provides us with all we need for a fruitful, functional life, but when we (I) rejected Him and abandoned His way; my life (our life) becomes unmanageable, unfruitful and dysfunctional. If I (we) want a normal, healthy life, I (we) can ask God for his aid and turn our life over to him. With God’s help, our life will someday bear “sweet grapes”