http://bethmisner.com/a-journey-to-joy/ Tue, 15 May 2012 19:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bethmisner.com/a-journey-to-joy/#comment-150 Beth Misner Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:54:00 +0000 http://bethmisner.com/?p=1103#comment-150 What an amazing way to refocus, Solveig. Thank you for sharing from the heart, as you always do. I love you! What an amazing way to refocus, Solveig. Thank you for sharing from the heart, as you always do. I love you!

]]> http://bethmisner.com/a-journey-to-joy/#comment-149 Solveig Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:29:00 +0000 http://bethmisner.com/?p=1103#comment-149 Beth, When I was in the deepest darkest place of my breakdown in 2005 I was led to a wonderful minister at a church I do not normally worship in. He heard my sad story for about 5 minutes then stopped me in my tracks. What ever he said at first I felt wounded and that he did not understand, but he rebuked me in the name of the Lord. With all the treatment and counselling and subsequent medication I think the one instruction from him had the greatest power and I took heed and still take heed of it. Each morning on rising the words are "Thank you father that you have created me perfect according to your plan." This idea of being perfect was a huge struggle until I realised it was the plan part that was important. We have to accept that whatever is going down in our lives and the world around us, even if it is totally incomprehensible to us, we need to acknowledge that somewhere in it all there is a much greater plan that fits into a timeless universal picture we mere humans may never see the vastness of. Just be grateful that you are allowed to play your part in this ordained plan. Accept and give thanks and be open to guidance through grace. Beth, When I was in the deepest darkest place of my breakdown in 2005 I was led to a wonderful minister at a church I do not normally worship in. He heard my sad story for about 5 minutes then stopped me in my tracks. What ever he said at first I felt wounded and that he did not understand, but he rebuked me in the name of the Lord.
With all the treatment and counselling and subsequent medication I think the one instruction from him had the greatest power and I took heed and still take heed of it. Each morning on rising the words are “Thank you father that you have created me perfect according to your plan.” This idea of being perfect was a huge struggle until I realised it was the plan part that was important.
We have to accept that whatever is going down in our lives and the world around us, even if it is totally incomprehensible to us, we need to acknowledge that somewhere in it all there is a much greater plan that fits into a timeless universal picture we mere humans may never see the vastness of.
Just be grateful that you are allowed to play your part in this ordained plan. Accept and give thanks and be open to guidance through grace.

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