Saturday, June 8, 2019
On the Go with Stephie Jo: Finding Peace in spite of our circumstances ...
On the Go with Stephie Jo: Finding Peace in spite of our circumstances ...: Peace we all say we want it... do we really? Or can you experience Peace when your world is turned upside down? Friend... I am here to t...
Finding Peace in spite of our circumstances ...
Peace we all say we want it... do we really?
Or can you experience Peace when your world is turned upside down?
Friend... I am here to tell you it all depends...Who is your rock...? Where is your strength coming from?
"Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace" . What the heck ?!?!?!? this is from the Serenity prayer and if that is the key "accepting hardship"...then maybe that is what I have been missing all these years...
Acceptance of hardship... think about it hardship... losing a job, a spouse in death or divorce, losing a house, filing bankruptcy, having an affair, losing your car, burying your child, burying a parent, struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, these are some of things that come to mind off the top of my head ....most of which I have experienced or had close friends experience... at the end when your struggling we all seek peace... peace... no let's be real we all want the pain to stop we want to wake up and we want to think it was a bad dream.
The majority of my issues came from not accepting hardships.. therefore ZERO PEACE.... what does that look like... Anger, threats...long nights of obsessive working... trying to change my circumstances... I'm certain the Lord is up there just going "oh Stephie Jo just REST"...
You see I am 100% a Control Freak in Recovery and that is where I can find PEACE... working the 12 steps aren't just for alcoholics and drug addicts... I work a Christ Centered program and at any point in time I am hurting, frustrated or triggered... I have stopped working the program... I once heard someone say they don't need people...they don't need anyone oh sweet friend that is dangerous territory... As a believer I have to go back to the basics... I know exactly who made me... who provides for me... and once I get out from under that umbrella I will be soaking wet with fretting, worry, anger, everything that isn't peaceful...
A good friend of mine suggested this for me...and it's worked...So the next time you find yourself spiraling out of control with worry, anger, depression, anxiety... take a 2 minute kneeling time with God ...not 20 min ...not 2 weeks...2 minutes and just on your knees breathing, surrendering and focusing on GOD.... nothing else... everytime the anxiety comes back do it again...on your knees...2 minutes SET A TIMER...
There is no quick fix and the problems may still be there ...but the one thing that has changed is how you relate to it... you see to accept a situation doesn't mean you have to agree with what's going on and it may still be hard... But you are now in the position to make sound decisions vs. emotionally charged decisions... And that my friend is FREEDOM.
A little calendar on my desk from #Oola says for today's devotion: " Those People who are most at peace, most confident, most deeply fulfilled, are grounded in FAITH. "
How do you cope when your world is turned upside down? I would love to hear from you.
Or can you experience Peace when your world is turned upside down?
Friend... I am here to tell you it all depends...Who is your rock...? Where is your strength coming from?
"Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace" . What the heck ?!?!?!? this is from the Serenity prayer and if that is the key "accepting hardship"...then maybe that is what I have been missing all these years...
Acceptance of hardship... think about it hardship... losing a job, a spouse in death or divorce, losing a house, filing bankruptcy, having an affair, losing your car, burying your child, burying a parent, struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, these are some of things that come to mind off the top of my head ....most of which I have experienced or had close friends experience... at the end when your struggling we all seek peace... peace... no let's be real we all want the pain to stop we want to wake up and we want to think it was a bad dream.
The majority of my issues came from not accepting hardships.. therefore ZERO PEACE.... what does that look like... Anger, threats...long nights of obsessive working... trying to change my circumstances... I'm certain the Lord is up there just going "oh Stephie Jo just REST"...
You see I am 100% a Control Freak in Recovery and that is where I can find PEACE... working the 12 steps aren't just for alcoholics and drug addicts... I work a Christ Centered program and at any point in time I am hurting, frustrated or triggered... I have stopped working the program... I once heard someone say they don't need people...they don't need anyone oh sweet friend that is dangerous territory... As a believer I have to go back to the basics... I know exactly who made me... who provides for me... and once I get out from under that umbrella I will be soaking wet with fretting, worry, anger, everything that isn't peaceful...
A good friend of mine suggested this for me...and it's worked...So the next time you find yourself spiraling out of control with worry, anger, depression, anxiety... take a 2 minute kneeling time with God ...not 20 min ...not 2 weeks...2 minutes and just on your knees breathing, surrendering and focusing on GOD.... nothing else... everytime the anxiety comes back do it again...on your knees...2 minutes SET A TIMER...
There is no quick fix and the problems may still be there ...but the one thing that has changed is how you relate to it... you see to accept a situation doesn't mean you have to agree with what's going on and it may still be hard... But you are now in the position to make sound decisions vs. emotionally charged decisions... And that my friend is FREEDOM.
A little calendar on my desk from #Oola says for today's devotion: " Those People who are most at peace, most confident, most deeply fulfilled, are grounded in FAITH. "
How do you cope when your world is turned upside down? I would love to hear from you.
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