Broken Shields

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Comment by william j hermistone on July 10, 2010 at 5:08pm

How true that has been in my life. Every time it seems that God wants to affirm His love for me, I need to do something to 'prove' how unworthy I am. That keeps me from having to respond the Him or to others in my life who are trying to love me.
It becomes a way of ducking the responsibility of having to participate in the relationship because I am so 'unworthy'. What a crock!! I am trying to respond in a more positive way. Tough after all these years.

Comment by lawrence c flood jr on July 10, 2010 at 5:44am

Inability to simlpy accept God's love is true but also to accept ourselves as God accepts us issome times even harder.

Comment by william j hermistone on July 8, 2010 at 6:13pm

You are so right. Caught a little of Jack Nicholson the other night in Somethings Gotta Give and apparently he had a heart attack and it changed his life and he let his inner emotional side come to the surface. Not endorsing his behavior but it did show that so many men have learned to 'hide' inside a 'performance' box, doing whatever to complete the checkboxes of manhood and ignoring who God has so lovingly designed them to be. It must be very liberating to finally just surrender all that stuff and be yourself, accept the love God bestows on us and begin to reflect that love out to others. So long as we remain focused on ourselves we stay enslaved to repeating the 'learned behaviors'. It has been a startling and somewhat unsettling adventure for me as I continue to walk into recovery and discover in large measure that my addiction is not the root of the problem, inability to simply accept God's love and invitation to walk WITH Him instead of trying 'do' for Him is really at the core. Learning to shed the mask is a real step in the process. Thanks for your insight.

Comment by Alexander J Sayegh on July 6, 2010 at 10:31pm

The mask (hidden persona) is something we face (no pun intended) internally that prevents us from being honest within ourselves and free with others about who we are in Christ. However we are children of God and He shows us how to shed the hidden innerself and live the way He planned us to live.

Comment by william j hermistone on July 2, 2010 at 9:04am

Hey Lawrence,
I am sure this will start something. I will be adding something this weekend as soon as I get some time.
B

Comment by lawrence c flood jr on July 2, 2010 at 7:08am

well i hope that this will spark a fire within someone.

Comment by william j hermistone on June 18, 2010 at 1:06pm

Thanks, see you next Sunday. Have a happy father's day
Pease
Bill

Comment by Alexander J Sayegh on June 18, 2010 at 11:26am

Sounds good brother! Trust in Almighty and be on fire for Him.

Praise be to God!
See you next meeting.
Alex

Comment by Jeff Busby on June 17, 2010 at 9:54pm

Greetings Brothers,

Though it's been a long day and I just got home, I am thankful that the Lord has been with me today. I find that everyday is a challenge but I'm trusting that by my obedience and faithfulness the Lord will give me His strength and guidance. I look forward to our next meeting on the 27th of June. See ya there.
Warm regards,
Jeff

Comment by william j hermistone on June 17, 2010 at 6:26pm

i just got a good kick up side of the head. Sent a 'regular' email to one of our members and got a reply to please send anything that had to do with the Samson experience only through the Samson webmail. Inadvertent distress can result from a breach of this meeting etiquette. My apologies and hopefully it will remind us to avoid this in the future.
Bill

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