Wallowing in shame, remorse, self-hatred and guilt over real or imagined failings in our past lives betrays a distrust in the love of God. Preoccupation with our past sins, present weaknesses and character defects gets our emotions churning in self-destructive ways, closes us within the mighty citadel of self and preempts the presence of a compassionate God.
Extenuating circumstances have brought to my attention that I haven't done sufficient work on my past issues. I am not so much wallowing in my past as I am trying to do some more "weeding" of my garden. Just as in my front yard, as the rains/storms have come through my area, it has become evident that I didn't get the roots out as well as the foliage that could be seen from the surface, during the past weedings.
My going in to weed my emotional garden again is not a matter of distrusting God, but rather a gift from God. I am feeling sluggish lately, and need to let go of some more of my unnecessary baggage.
Love, hugs and prayers,
Deanna
Deanna-
Funny thing, those 'Intrepid Weeds' keep coming back, like a bad penny. Of course, even a bad penny has 'hidden worth'. Memory is a 'Gift from God' but the Evil One will try to usurp it for his purposes. The Holy Spirit is the 'for sure Roundup' and Jesus takes that 'bad penny' and polishes it, revealing the 'TRUTH of the Memory' as 'God SEES' it--in the Light of HIS Compassionate and Merciful Love!
Leave your 'unnecessary baggage' at the foot of the Cross this Good-Friday, then be 'Restored in Joy' for Easter and Springtime! Be Happy!
God Bless,
margaret rose
Thank you for your kind words.
This reminds me of something I once heard:
"The devil takes away shame and guilt so as to entice us to commit sin, then after we commit the sin, he gives us back the shame and guilt".
In both--the 'before' and 'after'--God was Wounded!
"Divine Mercy Sunday" is the Sunday after Easter, and this is a great piece to think about--before Inviting the Holy Spirit IN for 'spring cleaning'!
When I talk to people who have left the church at sometime, I ask them to try to get back to the moment before what ever happened that caused them to leave the church.
My Granny died. I was 10, my great grandmother was the glue of the family, and she died. Then everything fell apart. Now it was falling apart already from what I was told, but Granny's leaving us was the "straw that broke the camel's back".
This is one of these times when I need to listen to what I tell others. It's time for me to give up all the yeah, but's, and go forward. To remember the joy of having my Granny in my life, and live into it.
Love, hugs and prayers,
Deanna
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