Freedom

Freedom from our negative thought system does not change overnight even though we have spiritual tools. We spent a lifetime developing the negative judgmental thoughts and it will take some practice to stop them.

My solution as soon as I realize I am judging a situation is to stop myself immediately and repeat “the Christ in me see’s the Christ in them." Developing spiritual tools give us freedom from the old way of thinking. I call it stinking thinking.

12 step programs have steps that help us trust God, Clean house, and work with others on a daily basis. Cleaning our own house through an inventory of our wrongs and the willingness to make amends brings us freedom.

Freedom from the negative or hurtful behavior we had in our past before we started living from a spiritual set of tools. This freedom is unlike anything I can describe except it is so worth cleaning up the past and being in the present with God doing his work. Freedom from shame and pain is awesome.

12 step programs have the most cleansing way cleaning up the wreckage of our past and helping us to realize our part. Making amends is a freedom that will last a lifetime.

I was able to let all the skeletons out of my closet and make amends for the ones God presented to me. Talk about freedom....They no longer hang out in my subconscious holding me back from connecting to God.

Today and everyday I will ask myself at the end of the day if I need to make amends for anything I did that might have hurt someone. Then I set out the next day whenever possible to make amends. I also pray that if I hurt anyone and did not know it they will come to me and let me make an amends.

I must stay open and not take their inventory when they come to me, I must apologize for my behavior, no matter what theirs was. Trying to make them own their part is controlling and that is no longer my job. That is between them and God. GO GOD...