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Fixing Others
Though we
know that God is the only one that can truly change a persons heart,
we insist on coming to His rescue and instead we get in His way.
When will we
ever learn? It's a continual learning process to master the art of
not trying to control others. We must, as the Apostle Paul says "Die
to ourselves daily".
It is only
when we place ourselves at the feet of our God that we begin to apply
the true humility that is required to love another.
It will save
us much grief if we will learn to put aside our own expectations
of people and wake up to the fact that we are powerless over the
choices they make.
When we learn
to "apply these principles in all our affairs" it will always helps
us see each other through the eyes of a loving God rather than the
eyes of our selfish, controlling nature.
However, if
one does insist on attempting control of other people, here is the 12
Steps to do so, but beware of the consequences. It just may drive you
insane.
Blessings &
Progress To All,
~Montyman
The 12 Steps
to Total and Complete Insanity
1. We
admitted we were powerless over nothing. We could manage our lives
perfectly and we could manage those of anyone else that would allow
it.
2. Came to
believe that there was no power greater than ourselves, and the rest
of the world was insane.
3. Made a
decision to have our loved ones and friends turn their wills and their
lives over to our care.
4. Made a
searching and fearless moral inventory of everyone we knew.
5. Admitted
to the whole world at large the exact nature of their wrongs.
6. Were
entirely ready to make others straighten up and do right.
7. Demanded
others to either "shape up or ship out".
8. Made a
list of anyone who had ever harmed us and became willing to go to any
lengths to get even with them all.
9. Got direct
revenge on such people whenever possible except when to do so would
cost us our own lives, or at the very least, a jail sentence.
10. Continued
to take inventory of others, and when they were wrong promptly and
repeatedly told them about it.
11. Sought
through nagging to improve our relations with others as we couldn't
understand them at all, asking only that they knuckle under and do
things our way.
12. Having
had a complete physical, emotional and spiritual breakdown as a result
of these steps, we tried to blame it on others and to get sympathy and
pity in all our affairs.
Meditation:
Dear God, as I sit here
with my mind and heart focused on you, I receive your love in my
life. I receive your forgiveness and grace and let your spirit and
all your attributes flow through me so I may learn to become more
aware of my own character defects and less critical of others. I now
allow your spirit of compassion to reign in my acts of helpfulness. I
listen for your direction and yours alone.
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