Hard lessons are not fun
God has been very busy teaching me some stuff that if not fun to learn. It is easy to learn the glaring sins, and work with Him on removing them from my life. They are so obvious, I don't mind giving them up, because I don't want others to see me with that sin in my life anyway.
The harder ones have been the attitudinal ones that I never dreamed I had. I thought I was teachable and openminded, NOT. I thought I was willing. NOT. I thought I had some level of humility. NOT.
While I was in rehab, God showed me the hard way that I have been arrogant and haughty, and not willing to learn, or open to anything He wanted me to learn about myself. OUCH!!!!! Not pretty. I do not want to relapse, and go backward, so I have been praying to stay teachable and He has given me opportunities in other ways.
One way was when two sweet women from church offered to help me with my apartment, which I am still unpacking from my move. The old me would have declined their help, feigning self-sufficiency and independence. But, with my back pain, and being desperate, I accepted their help. They were angels. One helped me arrange the furniture in my living room. The other put together a kitchen table that had just been delivered that morning.
God keeps teaching me about myself, and I am finally a willing student.
Trish
The harder ones have been the attitudinal ones that I never dreamed I had. I thought I was teachable and openminded, NOT. I thought I was willing. NOT. I thought I had some level of humility. NOT.
While I was in rehab, God showed me the hard way that I have been arrogant and haughty, and not willing to learn, or open to anything He wanted me to learn about myself. OUCH!!!!! Not pretty. I do not want to relapse, and go backward, so I have been praying to stay teachable and He has given me opportunities in other ways.
One way was when two sweet women from church offered to help me with my apartment, which I am still unpacking from my move. The old me would have declined their help, feigning self-sufficiency and independence. But, with my back pain, and being desperate, I accepted their help. They were angels. One helped me arrange the furniture in my living room. The other put together a kitchen table that had just been delivered that morning.
God keeps teaching me about myself, and I am finally a willing student.
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
It's sooo hard to let others helps us isn't it? I'm the same way I always say Oh no thanks I can do it! Ha what a laugh. It's taken having the fibro and being laid up in bed with surgery and a broken leg for me to learn it's OK, in fact just fine for me to not only accept help but to actually ask for it! Boy that was a hard one to learn, but I'm getting better at it, especially with my church family. I'm so glad to see you are reaching out for help with all parts of your life and that you are being a willing student, God can't work with us if we aren't listening huh? Best wishes to you and I'm keeping you in prayer, God bless!
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