Perception

Simply said; it's how we interpret the things we see based on the things we have learned.  Doesn't make it right or wrong, because the things we have learned may have been flawed in some way to begin with. 

Have you ever tried to do someone elses job of which you have no training and know nothing about?  We can assume it is done right but most likely it is wrong.  We missed  the one thing to give it longevity and to last.

Life is like that!  We go about collecting beliefs and traits through absorbsion, thinking all along that it is right and good.  The Bible tells us not to do that because when a time of testing comes then our piece-meal world falls away and burns up. Then we get angry at God??

Romans 8:7 says;  The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. NIV

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices help us to see those flaws through our own realization.

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Believe in Yourself

When we have a poor outlook of our self, we are open to addictive behaviours.  Thinking you are less than suitable, always short of any line drawn in the sand, or incapable of doing things well or at all.  At a time when your own personal success is but a distant dream and your happiness is attached to that. This is a low point that we take as the basis of the rest of our life, but that is just a lie that we tend to believe.  Things can always be brighter if we just keep trying and refuse to give up...

Turning to God with your whole heart, all your sole, and all your mind, is the way to prevent adopting destructive habits and wallowing in self-pity.  The Bible says that giving yourself to the care of Jesus Christ and seeking all things in Him, then you will be raised up.  Joy in the Lord is our strength.

Self-Help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices show us that there are much better ways to deal with our problems other than covering it up with another problem.

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Hurdles

When we have an emotional injury from childhood that hasn't been realized or properly dealt with, we have a predisposition to seeking a lifestyle that incorporates similarities of that injury.  Abused can seek abusers, addicts center their life around that substance, the abandoned crave any kind of attention (bad is the easiest), living without rules and you seek to manipulate, excessive cricitism can lead to depression & eating disorders, and the list goes on.

Hurdle #1 is when someone points that problem out in us. It may be very hard for us to accept it as "MY problem", so hurdle #2 is realizing we need help.  Once we piece our history with our actions, to our current problems, our demeanor starts to change.  Hurdle #3 is getting to the point that we realize this is a normal reaction when we finally admit our denial to the original problem.

Self-Help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices give us the opportunity to realize these things in ourself without someone pointing a finger at us.....but.....you have to be in the group first!!

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Decisions

The one thing that is keeping us from being a truly whole person versus someone that is destitute in spirit and on the verge of complete failure, is a simple decision.  It won't be a grandious decision that will make us or break us, it is the simple decisions we have to make every day of our life.  The small thoughts that invade our thinking that appeal to our carnal desires.  Our insatiable wants to satisfy our greed, anger, lust, escapism, and negative habits.

A simple, "NO I don't want that in my life", versus "I'll start saying no tomorrow".  This is the make or break decision, the start of something better, or much worse.

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices help us focus on the single small details, because every detail is on a thin black line between healing and hurt.

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Revenge

No one likes it when someone seeks to get even with us, or us with them.  God hates it even more, when the NIV says: "Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord." 

We've all done it and have all received it!  Hopefully it was out of ignorance to begin with, but God's word is very clear that a heart filled with malice makes God very angry.  It also goes on to tell us that we will be judged based on how we judge others, and if we do it with malice then that is doubly dangerous.  Ignorance can be forgiven, but evil thoughts towards someone with the malice simply to take revenge, is just taunting God.  I don't recommend that!!

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices show us ways to release control & bitterness, and come clean with our emotions.

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Remorse

Happens when we finally come to the conclusion that our actions are repulsive to even our self.  When we realize the harm and damage we have done to others through our own self centered needs.  The holes in our life that we simply could not fill with substances, manipulation, or deceit.  The cycle of events that it takes us to learn this can last for years, sometimes our whole life before our eyes are opened to the truth.

At that point we should be ecstatic that we have found the source of our negative feelings and habits, but most times we end up wallowing in self pity.  This stops our growth and the healing we owe to our self and others.  If left unaddressed we can spiral back into a life we abhor.

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices give us the venue and support of like-minded individuals to help us see the path to true healing.

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Trust

There's a line between forgiveness and trust that's blurred.  It's a gray area that allows all kinds of conditions, beliefs, and skullduggery.  You can forgive someone, but can you trust them?  Forgiving means that you break any spiritual hold they had on you, but trust is something the other person must build through their actions. 

Every grievance has two conditions; opportunities for forgiveness and for trust.  If someone forgives you and you do nothing to rebuild the damaged trust then it's probable that they will have to forgive you again.  I guess that's why the Bible tells us to forgive 70 times 7 times!!

Walking away from hurtful or damaging behavior is very tough, so returning to it continues to break trust and a need to seek forgiveness.

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices give us the opportunity to return after stumbling and receive understanding.  Trust comes when we stop stumbling!!

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