I read something today that spoke about my discovering my point of need. That when it becomes clear to me that I am not the source of all that I need, that I must reach out and ask for help, then help will come. What kind of help would it be that I cannot give to myself, I ask? Have you found that answer for yourself yet?
I read this reflection today and looked over the scripture readings in the Message version of the new testament. I found there what it was that I cannot supply for myself. It is the making of the new me. The new me that God said would be done for my good and for the good of my friends and family. The new me would reach out to others in ways I do not know how. The new me would look different and talk different and would not hold grudges against others for their wrong doing against me. The new me would allow others to not only find a new friend in me but reach out of the wounded person that emerged from the world (me) and become someone that I only dreamed of being. I ask you, have you become new? Do you want to? Everyone tells themselves that they are just fine the way they are and no need to change. Change is painful and brings only discomfort and with that uncertainty. "What will I become with this new change, who will I become and will others still accept me?"
Does it always have to rely on what others think of us? Should it? If the ones closest to us truly love us and they do, then when we open ourselves to a new life will they not change with us? Maybe they want to change too? Maybe they are waiting for you to make the first step and that will give them license to move also?
Read here: http://www.myutmost.org/10/1006.html
Read scripture here: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%201:%2014-17&version=MSG
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