Life is not a Disney movie...

...so, I shared last time challenges that God walked me through...sometimes life is going to be challenging...it was foretold:

John 16:33- I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world.


Knowing this doesn't make challenges easier for me, but it does add purpose to them.  When I am "going through" or "earning my victory badge" I can look for the lesson by rising above the circumstances: how have I grown? how could I grow? what's being revealed through this challenge...truth is revealed in the mist of walking on hot coals of life.

I remember a time when I was in total rejection of the fact that life was not suppose to be perfect...when "stuff" happened, I reacted in conditioned fear (conditioned that I could not handle challenges in life...true, but today I have God, the Power of this Universe on my side..leading, instructing and guiding me) by cramming numbing foods like processed sugars and fats down my throat to not feel the pain of uncertainty...the pain from a perceived impending death of some sort...

AA's Big Book  (p. 416) says that "...acceptance is the answer to all my problems TODAY"...if I accept whatever happened as something I can't change since I can't change the past; I can allow God to help me through the aftermath; knowing that whatever the enemy meant for destruction will be converted into a purposeful experience (and I can trust God with the "how" on that one :),

This morning after reading "Jesus Calling" (from today's date 2/1), attending a Christian Food recovery meeting on Joyce Meyer's book, "Battle Field of the Mind", God shared insight with me as I journaled these affirming words from God's heart to mine:

"...so, "no", life is not a Disney movie...there will be trouble/pain...expected it so that it will not shock you...know that I am here and that I have overcome any adversity that could ever raise it's head to conciousness in your life...and I have PRE-pared a way out...a way thru...hold my hand...remembering that I (circled) have overcome the world's troubles; and I (circled) know the way which you should go; so, I (circled) will lead you to victory thru a terain filled with landmines; with me you have victory"

Instead of running away from challengs of life, are you willing to allow God to walk yto victory?