Quote: You just talk too much to the wrong person, HH.
I know I struggle in this aspect of my life and each and every day I try to improve at least a little bit. Despite appearances, I've actually come a LONG way.
Quote: Instead of beating a dead horse talking to your wife get busy telling the enemy to get back to pit he crawled out of.
As usual, you speak the pointed and irrefutable truth that penetrates my heart, mind and soul. Thank you. I will continue making this part of my daily routine, as I do with loving my children and brushing my teeth; it will 'just happen' everyday because I WILL MAKE IT WHAT I DO!
Quote: At the Name of Jesus every knee has got to bow.
EVERY knee.
Hallejuah, Sister Amy! Amen!
Quote: If you want to fight from a position of authority (AND I DO!) do some studying about spiritual warfare AND I WILL!
Quote: Between that and the education you're getting from Frank, you'll be a formidible opponent of the one that wants to destroy your family.
Not to sound cocky, but I AM a formidable opponent of the enemy and his minions and I will only become more formidable as I strengthen and deepen my defenses AND arsenal. I prefer to think of myself as CONFIDENT!
Quote: Just one other thing...you asked why she would tell you about that trip right before her birthday and you suggested it was just to hurt you....what the hell does HER birthday have to do with you...unless it was that you wanted to do something for her and now she ruined it....hmmmmm????
Perhaps I posted something that mislead you into believing that my hurt was from anything other than having my foolish ego blanket stripped from me and being exposed naked and weak in front of the enemy. I allowed my hopes to climb out of the dungeon and THAT was my biggest mistake in that I NOW had somewhere to fall because I naively and hastily got up and began climbing out of the dungeon believing that the postive counseling session that we had with Vernetta was anything other than a positive 'sign.'
I wasn't hurt because I had any specific plans for her birthday that were ruined by her revelation that she was planning a trip to Hawaii with OM. I was hurt because I foolishly allowed myself to hope when hope was not yet MINE and this was right on the heals of our counseling and the value that I, not she, placed on it's positiveness. My mistake. I will work harder to not allow that to happen again. It's safer for now to trudge in the depths and do the work from my knees in prayer so that MY hopes are not dashed. Even a fall from 6" is quite painful if you don't see it coming and it catches you by surprise. Can hurt like a motherf*cker! Ugh. Jesus will lead me and He will assist me in manifesting in my life what will allow me to become and remain the man that God always intended for me to be from the beginning.
Quote: well, HH, that just sounds like this is still a little too much about YOU...
I know what it sounds like, but that sound is simply me tripping over me and damn near killing myself in the fall. However, I know I do tend to make it too much about me. My situation is in the hands of Jesus. My problem rests in the enemy's always present offer of ego and pride that is often too enticing for me to refuse only to be burned again by my ungratefulness and impatience. I KNOW that I am but a soldier in God's holy army in this ongoing spirital warfare for control of us all.
Quote: Think about it.
I have and I do. Thank you for always being with me to provide me with a 'virtual' smack upside the head and a loving nudge in the proper direction.
