I have been pondering some stuff lately. School is about to drive me completely batty. The tears reading some of my counseling and psychology have about ruined my book, (oh well they don't hardly give you anything for the pages of deceit anyway). The worlds version of things and God's version are so vastly different. The world is all about the reason why you were "forced" to make a decision or the "conditioning" of a behavior and how you are tricked into believing that this is the only way or that this is actually okay because the forces of the environment are against you and your are just not strong enough to battle them. They actually teach people that others HAVE TO, (MUST) understand your feelings and your ways and accept them. And you have to rise up and make your feelings known and make the person change. (OH.. this is such damaging theology and is so against the bible.. Meek and Mild..). that will have to be another post, moving on...
Feelings, Emotions, Sensitivities and Fears are all subject to suggestion, chemical reactions in our bodies, misunderstandings, alterior motives, selfish ambition, FLESH!!!!! the H is silent, S-E-L-F! these can lead us to make poor perceptions, which cloud judgment and decision making abilities which lead to bad choices and behaviors. These are the makings of big messes and SIN FEASTS that you cannot believe. Many of our more complicated psychological problems stem from the inappropriate and unhealthy power and priority we give to feelings, emotions, sensitivies, fears and anxieties. The Devil uses these to limit us and to keep us bound up. Christ sets us free. I love to listen the song shackles when I am reading or writing about these aspects of life and personality. Controlling these helps control depression, anxiety, and mood disorders (Anger Management, and can help in other conditions too).
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH... Someone has to stop the "insanity" and the lies!. Anything that is not true is not to be thought about (Phillippians 4:8) Finally, Brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.
What do you do with the "other stuff" the problems, fears, worries, injustices, injuries, ect... (Phillipians 4:6) Be anxious for NOTHING, but in EVERYTHING by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (unfortunately, things work in God's perfect timing, He knows things we do not, He works all things for the good and sometimes that debunks our wants and our way, but it the best thing for us and can be life changing!)
Let us look at the "REALITY" of personal responsibility and power. We as Americans are very knowledgable and powerful people. Some are so smart the scramble letter and stick them behind their names to set the apart from the "Lay" people. We are quick to tell you all the things we know and think, but man you want to see some "back peddling" let a decision or a behavior come under judgment and oh man, it is better than anything Hollywood is writing lately. All the sudden there are excuses and "yeah, but.... you do not understand, they did this and I was forced to do this,". My favorite is yeah, I know it was wrong but I just didn't care anymore" HMMMM. Now that is many many posts on its own.
I said this recently and the person has yet to speak to me, I felt bad at first and then I thought about it and I decided to walk on the wild side, and am now claiming the "Yeah, I know it was mean and insensitive but I don't care anymore". Not that I do not care about damaging someones feelings and hurting our relationship but I am tired of having to adjust my beliefs to fit in, to be deemed a good person, good friend, whatever. I have been approved, deemed good and worthy, valued and accepted just the way I am, with all the stupidity that fits into this body of mine, all the fears, all the sensitivities, all the strange beliefs and misunderstood things, all the attiude (OH man! that may explain the sudden weight surges, ha ha) and all the other unsightly stuff.
There is One Way to think, love, behave, believe, LIVE!
Like Jesus~ He loves me, He accepts me, He tells me when I am wrong, He still loves me through it, He cleans and purifies my filthy (YES! SIn is ugly and damaging it is not just dust bunnies and little spot, sometimes the decay goes DEEP and leave gapping hole and scars, Christ can heal them but sometimes our scars are there to remind us that Sin is serious. It is also our flag or banner for our ministry, many times the deepest, darkest, most painful experience is our "scar" that remains to glorify God and show our transformation into the new creature, it encourages others and helps us relate to those searching and struggling).
The best counseling and pyschological information is in scripture: Truth and a Healthy (reality aware) mind are essential in being healthy everywhere else. To be healthy we need to be secure, loved and accepted (We ARE!!!) we must claim it and reclaim it, everytime a wordly experience tears us down, makes us scared, hurts us, makes us made we should grab our sword (THE BIBLE) and reclaim our LOVE, SECURITY, and ACCEPTANCE! God is for us, who in this world can be against us (that matters???) dddd. DDDD.. DDDD. NO ONE!
The world likes degrees and lines in the sand to make things complicated. My life is simple, the fanciest bibles are BLACK AND WHITE. Christ gives colors in the Bible but Black and White is what everything comes back to. The clouds I ride up on to meet My Lord, My protector, My "Daddy" are white, the light that shines around him is WHITE. My heart is white after he cleans it. The world can muddy the waters but when you put the "LIVING Water into the sesspool, it turns WHITE!!!)
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