BEFORE YOU SAY, "I DO!"
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“… God has said, “never will I leave you; never will I forsake you”’ (Hebrews 13: 5b, NIV).
It was the year 2003 and I was still striving to reach my goals and God had a way of redirecting them. I started teaching a self-esteem class at my church, Immanuel House of Prayer, and I really enjoyed it. I believed that the women in attendance were enjoying it too. I went to my pastor with a proposal to start a women’s ministry there under the ministry that God had given me, Your Own Uniqueness. It did not happen the way I believed God gave it to me but maybe it will end up that way. We have to trust that He knows what is best for us and when He tells us something, we need to believe. If it keeps me busy and I can be a blessing to other women, then I am okay. I am sure that eventually I will be operating full time in the ministry God gave me in the near future.
I am alone but I am not lonely. I am anticipating being found but I am not looking. I am working on staying busy and productive. I stay out of trouble when I am busy and less likely to entertain negative thoughts. It is not my job to look. I am happy that that burden has not been placed on the woman. All we have to do is stay busy and concentrate on the task before us, and that is obtaining God’s best. Now if you feel like you can relate to what I am saying, I say, bravo! Be honest with yourselves and allow the healing to begin by spending time with the most important, significant and unique person God made – YOU! Truly let go of the past and if necessary, the people who try to keep you bound to the past. Make a list of goals and dreams that you have and get busy working on them.
So you made some mistakes. Who had not? There are glass houses out there with many cracks in them, but yours does not have to be one of them. Begin to rebuild and re-love yourself. Cherish those new beginnings and the lessons learned from your past. But do not store them in your memory. Let it go and remember IT IS YOUR TIME. The time capsule is only large enough for one person, and that person is beautiful you. (Chapter 9: It Is Your Time from the book, I Miss the Hugs, BUT Not the Hurts).
"We have to trust that He knows what is best for us and when He tells us something, we need to believe."