Be open to receive the life flow. Turn away from anger and trying to control things and get into God’s abiding flow, which is greatest when you learn to let the trivial things go.
For good fruits such as grace and patience to flow out of you onto others, it first has to be flowing into you
Turn away from angst by regularly soaking your heart in the fresh pools of the abiding love and presence of the one who is always with you. Invite others to join you if you need company.
Soul care is turning away from the anxious thoughts and feelings and going to the filling station of love. Take your time as you receive the life giving nutrients of His gracious presence.
Our hearts are hardwired for love and community. Every heart needs a safe place to express itself and be known.
We were designed in the image of God as a relational being hard wired for love bonded relationships. This bonding physically alters our brain as we soak in safe places of loving community.
Many of us did not receive the love we needed as children, and we are susceptible to using resources outside of ourselves to regulate our uncomfortable emotions.
Name your addiction here.
It may be a warning that we have a problen when we habitually turn to a substance or thing to regulate or sooth our emotional distress.
We must learn how to sit in the distress with the presence of another, and internalize their support.
Love is the glue that can mend a fractured heart and soul. It is applied with compassion, care, and presence.
He binds up our wounds.
From disintegrated parts to integrated.
Securely bonded we have nothing to fear.
We must first have a true sense of our self before we are able to choose to give it away.
Anything less is obligation based on fear as opposed to choice and willingness based on love.
A child first learns of their strength before they can choose to turn the other cheek.
Many of us struggle through life with a damaged self esteem. As we learn to apply self care we begin to repair the breach and redefine our proper identity.
Being kind to oneself. Allowing love, grace, and acceptance in to those wounded parts of our soul. Becoming our own good parent and caretaker.
Many of us walk with an emotional limp because of the things done to us or things we needed that we didn’t receive. Bless your limp.
In humility your limp brought you to your need for a Savior. In His desire to be with us, Jesus bent a knee.
There is a box of messages every one of God’s children was meant to receive. For many this box was never sent, for others it was the wrong box completely.
It’s never too late to open your heart to receive the messages God intended you to know deep within your soul. Messages of life, love, and belonging, not rejection, condemnation, and neglect.
Empathy is oxygen for our souls. Without a friend who feels our hurt, stress, and longings with us our souls shrivel up and die
Bill Gaultiere 9/29/15
For empathy to come out of you it has to be in you. Then it can flow and give life to others
Lack of empathy is the number one problem.
– Bill Gaultiere
