As we embark on our emotional and spiritual wellness journey, one thing is evident. We have to recognize that we are not well in some areas of our lives in order to get to a place of wellness. We have to understand that our life as we know it may not be the best place for us. During this journey we will need to really lean on God to show us, to reveal to us the areas in which we need help.
I look around at different people, mainly myself because that is who I know the best, and I see so much hurt and pain. How can I recognize it in others? Because I have been there myself, maybe not in the same manner but in some way. It wasn’t until God allowed something to stop me in my busy life to really see where I was (in a pit of hell).
I would admit that I would never have stopped living like I was if something wouldn’t have come along to get my attention to what my life really looked like especially from God’s perspective. I had to surrender to the idea that my life was very troubled and I needed help.
But my healing didn’t begin until I asked for help. I wanted to know exactly what was wrong with me and more importantly how I ended up in such a dismal state of being. If I didn’t know how I got to the place that I had ended up, I would never know how to avoid going back. It is easy to place the blame for what others have done to us, but at the end of the day we can only change ourselves.
Let’s decide today that we will ask God to show us ourselves and be willing to make a change. Michael Jackson said it best in his song: The Man in the Mirror.
The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa
