First: …you
have the privilege of evaluating your past experience in the light of who you
are now, as opposed to who you were then.
It’s amazing how in an instant, I’m transformed back to my
past – I become the shy, insecure girl I was when that bully picked on me when
I’m faced with someone who’s really aggressive. It takes a conscious effort to pull myself back to the
present and deal with the situation.
You know, like a grown-up.
That’s the advantage.
Second: When a
present event activates that primary emotion, many people believe what they
feel instead of believing what is true.
Seems so obvious, but when I’m the one in the hot seat, I
forget this! I need to be reminded
– just the facts, ma’am.
And third: Christ is in your life right now desiring to set
you free from your past.
He’s an active agent at work in me, and it’s not all up to
me and my fabulous willpower (or not) to get my act together. He’s transforming me, and He desires
for me to be healed and mature.
Today, that meant the most – I’m not in it alone.
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