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Expecting “Perfect”

I’ve been having some ❤️2 ❤️ conversations with an individual who has struggled with relapses- a bad relationship, a chemical substance, a negative way of thinking….but the conclusion she’s arrived at is that much of it boils down to self-sabotage and repeated...

Entrenched Resistance

Again, I and others have observed that our effort and resources were unable to overcome deeply entrenched resistance to change after four months with a woman we love and had hoped would embrace life recovery. But we know when to step back and leave all in God’s...

Measured Expectstions

It seems to me that a lot of one’s issues with disappointment or unhappiness are the direct result of her own expectations. If we expect life to be perfect and easy, then we are going to be disappointed, hurt, angry, and unhappy regularly. If we expect life to...

Disappointment

Occasional disappointment in other people is a given. Even disappointment in oneself for having let others down is common. Then there is disappointment in oneself for expecting too much of others that one has to contend with, too. It simply sends one closer and closer...

Highs….. And Lows

How many have noticed that, when one has a significant victory in the Kingdom that leads to peace and reconciliation, pretty close on its heels comes a sneak attack from the enemy that is sometimes so subtle and unexpected that it just brings one to her knees? That...