The Power of Families

How God Talks to Us

The War Within Us

IT WILL MANIFEST AS NOT BEING COMFORTABLE WITHIN YOUR SELF, AND OFTEN TIMES WE GET THE FEELING THAT IF THE OTHER PERSON WOULD JUST LISTEN TO US, CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR, OR GO ALONG WITH OUR THINKING EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALL RIGHT. SO AS A RESULT WE WILL EXERCISE GREAT TIME AND EFFORT TO CHANGE PEOPLE, PLACES OR THINGS.

IN TRUTH WE ARE IN WARFARE WITH OURSELVES, AND TRYING TO ADJUST OUR ENVIRONMENT TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT INSIDE OF US. ACTUALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LISTEN TO THESE SIGNALS AND YIELD TO THE SPIRIT WITHIN. WE NEED TO ALIGN OUR SOUL AND OUR SPIRIT; THAT IS WHERE OUR POWER COMES FROM. THERE IS NO POWER USING OUR ENERGY IN TRYING TO ADJUST PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS TO FIT OUR NEEDS. IT IS A WASTE OF OUR TIME, AND ENERGY, SO WE END UP LOSING THE VERY ESSENCE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO REINFORCE AND BUILD. THAT ESSENCE IS THE "I AM" WITHIN.

THIS CAN BE A VERY HARD THING TO DO, AND USUALLY THERE ARE NO PADDED CROSSES. ALL OF US WILL STAY IN A PRESENT SITUATION LONGER THAN WE NEED TO, BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO US IF WE MAKE CHANGES NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR SELVES ALIGNED WITH OUR SPIRIT. OFTEN TIMES I LIKEN THIS PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY TO THE ISRAELITES WANDERING IN THE DESERT. IN TRUTH, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PERSONAL DESERTS. THIS IS THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE TRANSITION FROM KNOWING WITHIN OUR OWN HEARTS AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO ACT.

USUALLY DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD WE HAVE ASKED GOD FOR HELP; EACH IN OUR OWN WAY. WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BRING THAT PEACE INTO REALITY. IT IS AT THAT POINT WE WILL LET GO OF THE OLD AND COME INTO THE NEW.

BECAUSE THE CHANGE IS NEW AND UNFAMILIAR TO US, IT CAN CAUSE US DISCOMFORT. USUALLY WE NEED A PERIOD OF TIME FOR READJUSTMENT. THIS IS WHERE THE SUPPORT OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, POSSIBLY COUNSELING AND OR 12 STEPS PROGRAMS MAY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE.

I THINK THE SADDEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO US IS THAT WE DON'T HONOR THESE FEELINGS ENOUGH TO AT LEAST EVALUATE THEM. THEREFORE MANY OF US CONTINUE TO LIVE LIVES IN THESE DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS. THIS CAUSES DISCOMFORT WITH OUR SOUL AND SPIRIT. WE WILL REMAIN STUCK IN SITUATIONS THAT KEEP US OUT OF ALIGNMENT WHICH IN THE END CAUSES US TO FEEL ANGER, BITTERNESS, BLAME, JEALOUSY, ETC.

THE TRUTH ONCE AGAIN, LIES INSIDE US, NOT EXTERNALLY. OUR TRIGGER POINTS FOR CHANGE LIE STRICTLY WITHIN. THEY COME TO US THROUGH THE FEELING OF OUR SENSE OF KNOWING WHICH LIES DEEP WITHIN ALL OF US. THAT IS HOW GOD TALKS TO US.