@......*E*V*E*R*Y*O*N*E*.....HAPPY WAYYYY BACK WEDNESDAY TODAY......ITS BEEN A MONTH AND A HALF(LABOR DAY WEEKEND) SINCE I LAST WROTE MY SPA!!! MOST KNOW THAT I DONT WRITE A SPA UNLE$$ IM FEELING IN$PIRED IN THA MOMENT “OFF THA TOP OF MY HEAD”...AND I HAVE HAD SOME TIME TO REFLECT ON MY LAST TRIP BACK HOME TO KC!! MANY THINGS HAVE TRANSPIRED IN MY HEAD, MY HEART, AND MY LIFE SINCE LABOR DAY WEEKEND!! WHAT COMES TO MIND THA MOST FOR ME IS WHEN INDIVIDUALS TRY TO CONTROL THINGS, SITUATIONS, & PEOPLE...ETC FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH GAIN & SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS!! I HAVE SAID IT MANY TIMES BEFORE....GOD CANT EVEN MAKE PEOPLE DO THINGS… SO ITS FOOLISH TO THINK THAT ANY(SINFUL NATURED) MAN/WOMAN(ALL OF US) CAN MAKE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING/ANYTHING #PERIOD!! IM CONSTANTLY REMINDED HOW #INSECURITY IS THA UNDERLYING #ISSUE IN MOST OF THIS/THESE INSTANCES. I THINK ABOUT MY PERSONAL SITUATION & WITH THINGS I DEAL WITH AS A STRONG MAN OF GOD(#JESUSCHRIST) FIRST AND FOREMOST! IM CONSTANTLY, ALSO REMINDED HOW THA COVENANT I PERSONALLY HAVE WITH MY GOD(JESUS CHRIST), MY PERSONAL LORD & SAVIOR DICTATES HOW I GO ABOUT DOING MY PERSONAL BU$INE$$ DAILY. SURE THERE ARE THINGS THAT DISAPPOINTMENT ME, ESPECIALLY MY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE FROM MY PAST(RELATIONSHIPS/FRIENDSHIPS ETC.) WHO ACTED OUT IN EXTREME MANNERS & TRIED TO CONTROL ME IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WHETHER IT WAS SLANDER OF MY CHARACTER, INDIRECTLY KEEPING ME FROM COMMUNICATING WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE(ESPECIALLY MY KIDS), HIDING MY PHONES, GOING THRU MY PERSONAL EMAILS, INBOXES MESSAGES ETC!! WHAT GOD DOES FOR ME AS A MAN WITH STRONG FAITH AND PRINCIPLES....ALSO ALLOWS ME TO NOT TAKE THINGS PERSONAL, FIND FAULT WITH THEM BUT FORGIVE THEM IN A CONTEXT THAT DOESNT DISRUPT & DISTRACT MY PERSONAL PROMISES WITH GOD. ITS SO FITTING TO REALLY KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT KNOW BETTER. WHEN YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND THE WAYS OF GOD YOU DONT FEAR THINGS, PEOPLE, CIRCUMSTANCES, ETC. KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING GODS WORD ESPECIALLY SCRIPTURE “Luke 23:34” New King James Version (NKJV)34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”[a]…………. SO THIS SED™ WAYYYYS ME INTO MY “SPA”(SED™’S PERSONAL/PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT) ABOUT MY EMOTIONS AND EMOTIONAL FEELINGS!! I WAS ONCE TOLD BY SOMEONE DEAR & SPECIAL TO ME….THAT I’M “DESENSITIZED”- n psychology, desensitization is defined as the diminished emotional responsiveness to a negative or aversive stimulus after repeated exposure to it. It also occurs when an emotional response is repeatedly evoked in situations in which the action tendency that is associated with the emotion proves irrelevant or unnecessary. WITH THAT BEING SAID…(ADAPTED FROM LAWRENCE J. CRABB ©1972/73)…..MY “SPA” FOR WEDNESDAY 10/16/2013 IS…….THERE ARE EMOTIONS THAT MUST BE REGARDED AS PART OF AN UNRIGHTEOUS APPROACH TO A PROBLEM AND CAN THEREFORE BE LABELED AS SINFUL. BOTH SINFUL EMOTIONS(E.G., GREED, LUST) & NONSINFUL EMOTIONS(E.G., SORROW, GRIEF, REGRET) NEED TO BE FULLY ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE THE LORD. BUT THE ATTITUDE WITH WHICH WE ACKNOWLEDGE EACH KIND OF FEELING SHOULD BE DIFFERENT. WHEN I EXPERIENCE A NONSINFUL BUT PAINFUL EMOTION, I AM TO COME TO THE LORD FULLY EXPRESSING MY FEELINGS IN HUMBLE DEPENDENCE ON HIS COMFORT AND SUFFICIENCY. WHEN AN EMOTION ARISES WITHIN US, WE ARE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO OURSELVES AND TO GOD HOW WE FEEL,ALLOWING OURSELVES TO INWARDLY EXPERIENCE THE FULL WEIGHT OF OUR EMOTIONS; SUBORDINATE THE PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF OUR FEELINGS TO THE GOAL OF ALLOWING GOD TO USE US FOR HIS PURPOSES. THUS EMOTIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS ALWAYS PROPER; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IS LEGITIMATE ONLY WHEN IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH OUR FULFILLING GOD’S PURPOSES. I MUST FREELY ADMIT TO MYSELF & GOD HOW I FEEL, CONFIDENT THAT GOD’S JUSTIFYING GRACE PROVIDES ME WITH HIS ACCEPTANCE NO MATTER WHAT MY EMOTIONS ARE. I MUST THEN EVALUATE WHETHER EXPRESSING MY ACKNOWLEGED FEELINGS TO ANYONE OTHER THAN GOD WILL SERVE HIS PURPOSE, & I MUST CONTROL MY EXPRESSIONS ACCORDINGLY. BIBLICAL STARTEGY FOR HANDLING EMOTIONS BELONGS ON THE PLATFORM OF TRUTH. AFTER WE PERSONALLY ADMIT TO OURSELVES THAT WE FEEL ANGRY OR HURT, WE MUST IMMEDIATELY DETERMINE TO RETAIN FULL CONTROL OVER WHICH EMOTIONS WE EXPRESS AND HOW WE EXPRESS THEM.THERE IS NO INHERENT INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN CONTROLLED EXPRESSION & SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS. WE CULTIVATE CONTROL OVER OUR SPONTANEOUS REAKSHENS. ONCE THE PRINCIPLE OF FIRST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS ESTABLISHED, OUR TASK IS TO FIGURE OUT WHEN EXPRESSING OUR EMOTIONS SERVES GOD’S PURPOSE OF MINISTRY TO OTHERS, THOSE WE LOVE, THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO US!! WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN MY MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCE’S TO DATE…IS GOD IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL…I HAVE RELINQUISHED MY DESIRES TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WHICH I HAVE NO CONTROL!! IF YOUR BEING “THA GOD OF YOUR LIFE, SITUATIONS, & CIRCUMSTANCES” THEN THERE IS NO REASON/PLACE FOR THA ALMIGHTY HIMSELF TO DO HIS DEVINE WORK FOR WHICH HIS KNOWS THA FINAL OUTCOME ANYWAY!!! AFTER ALL HIS SPIRITUAL RELM WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE THA FINAL SAYSO ANYWAY WHETHER YOUR OBEDIENT TO HIS UNIVERSAL LAW/WORD OR NOT!! A LOT OF US TAKE OURSELVES OUTTA OUR OWN “PERSONAL BLE$$ING$” FROM GOD & DESIGNATED NEEDS OF BEING MADE WHOLE, SIGNIFICANT & SECURE BY NOT…..“LETTING GO & LETTING GOD”…BUT WE GONNA GET IT RIGHT...#TRUST & #BELIEVE!!!.....”WE ALL DO BETTER WHEN WE KNOW BETTER” & “KNOWING BETTER IS KNOWING GOD”….TO EACH HIS OR HER OWN…BUT REMEMBER... IT’S ONLY 1#GOD, 1#TRUTH, 1#YOU, ONLY ONE WAY(#JESUSCHRIST)….HISTORY SAYS SO, IT’S BEEN PROVEN FROM EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT, HISTORICAL EVIDENCE, & DOCUMENTED EVENTS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY/#HISTORY#P.E.R.I.O.D!!!!. THA BIBLE IS(GOD GIVEN, GOD INSPIRED....THRU MEN WHO DIDNT KNOW EACH OTHER, *NECESSARILY*..BUT..WHO....OVER THA COURSE OF SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF YEARS....TOLD PROPHECIES....ABOUT THA SAME(ONLY) ONE THING)STORY(JESUS CHRIST!!!...IS GOD...JOHN 1:, COLOSSIANS 1:, & HEBREWS 1:)...HIS BIRTH, LIFE, MIRACLES, WORKS, DEEDS, DEATH & RESURRECTION!!)........THA MOST IMPORTANT ESSENTIALS IN CHRISTIAN FAITH/DOCTRINE....1.DEITY OF CHRIST. ....2. ORIGINAL SIN. ....3. CANON. ....4.TRINITY. ...5.RESURRECTION. ....6.INCARNATION. ....7. NEW CREATION...& ...8.ESCHATOLOGY...!! #TRUTH WE ALL CAN BELIEVE IN...!!!...#FORSURE!! GOD BLE$$ *EVERYONE*!!!....SED™ :-)
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:58:42 +0000
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