Emotional Freedom
May 3rd
BETA
Chapter 8 - Emotional Freedom. … Illustration:
Once I held in my tightly clenched fist ashes, ashes from a burn that flickered upon my
Ten-year-old body, ashes I didn’t as for. The scar was forced on me and for seventeen years the fire smoldered. I kept my fist closed in secret, hating those ashes, yet unwilling to release them, not sure if I should, not convinced that it was worth it, marring the things that I touched and leaving black marks everywhere or so it seemed. I tried to undo it all but the ashes were always there to remind me that I couldn’t. I really could not, but God could. His sweet Holy Spirit spoke to my heart one night in tearful desperation.
He whispered “I want to give you beauty for your ashes, oil of joy for your mourning, a garment of praise for your spirit of heaviness.” I had never heard of such a trade as this-beauty for ashes, my sadly stained memory for the healing in His Word, my soot like dreams for His songs in the night, my helpless and hurting emotions for His ever constant peace. How could I be so stubborn as to refuse an offer such as this? So willingly yet in slow motion and yes sobbing, I opened my bent fingers and let the ashes drop to the ground. In silence, I heard the wind blow them away, away from me forever, I am now able to place my open hands gently round the fist of another hurting soul and say with confidence, “Let them go.” There really is beauty beyond your comprehension. Go ahead; trust Him, His beauty for your ashes.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY
Principle 5 - Voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in my life.Step 6: We are entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. (James 4:10)Step 7: We humbly asked him to remove all our shortcomings. I John 1:9)Scripture: James 4:10 “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” I John 1:9“ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
BETA
Chapter 8 - Emotional Freedom. … Illustration:
Once I held in my tightly clenched fist ashes, ashes from a burn that flickered upon my
Ten-year-old body, ashes I didn’t as for. The scar was forced on me and for seventeen years the fire smoldered. I kept my fist closed in secret, hating those ashes, yet unwilling to release them, not sure if I should, not convinced that it was worth it, marring the things that I touched and leaving black marks everywhere or so it seemed. I tried to undo it all but the ashes were always there to remind me that I couldn’t. I really could not, but God could. His sweet Holy Spirit spoke to my heart one night in tearful desperation.
He whispered “I want to give you beauty for your ashes, oil of joy for your mourning, a garment of praise for your spirit of heaviness.” I had never heard of such a trade as this-beauty for ashes, my sadly stained memory for the healing in His Word, my soot like dreams for His songs in the night, my helpless and hurting emotions for His ever constant peace. How could I be so stubborn as to refuse an offer such as this? So willingly yet in slow motion and yes sobbing, I opened my bent fingers and let the ashes drop to the ground. In silence, I heard the wind blow them away, away from me forever, I am now able to place my open hands gently round the fist of another hurting soul and say with confidence, “Let them go.” There really is beauty beyond your comprehension. Go ahead; trust Him, His beauty for your ashes.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY
Principle 5 - Voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in my life.Step 6: We are entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. (James 4:10)Step 7: We humbly asked him to remove all our shortcomings. I John 1:9)Scripture: James 4:10 “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” I John 1:9“ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home