Necessary Endings....Henry Cloud....WOF

Women of Faith was amazing!!! I will never miss a WoF weekend again. My life is forever changed! I decided to write out my notes via blog so that I can review, think and never lose them!

God imagined all of this. He is the Creator. He birthed the dreams inside me thus is on board with me following those dreams.

IMAGINE:

Clinical: Life where you feel good
Relationally: People that fuel you and celebrate you
Performance: gifts/talents are suppose to show up in this world, being used for God

IT'S NOT GONNA STAY BEFORE FOREVER!!!

Happiness - overall sense of well-being, joy, SHALOM
Anything circumstancial only counts for 10% of your happiness but even that only lasts for a short time.
Constitutional/ genetic part of you - Set of life practices and attitudes~God has wired your brain this way.
***Be a giver. Experience the joy of sharing what God has done for you!
***Be connected to people. BE MY MONKEY!!! (MONKEY will be a separate blog all by itself!) Ecc 4:12
***Be goal oriented. Have goals. My life is God's! Step out of comfort zone and be challenged. Resurrect that Goal that you have thought you could do!
There has to be a leaving to get where God wants you! "I have a different tomorrow for you." It requires movement on our part. NECESSARY ENDINGS
Today may be the enemy of your tomorrow!
You can't go to God's Promised Land and take Sodom and Gomorrah with you.

Ecc. 3 A season for everything. People hang on to things longer than it's season! (Fear, etc.)

Pruning is necessary because we produce more buds than we can sustain...Same with plants/flowers.
**Keep only the best.
**Prune the ones not going in the right direction
**Prune the dead branches.

What is God wanting me to end? What do I need to prune? Lots of stuff taking time and energy are getting in the way of what God's desire for me is.

Everything is for a Reason and a Season.

Some of those things are hard to die to.
You can't get where God wants you to be when you are in denial about what God wants for you.
Why don't we Prune? FEAR - There is nothing better...nothing else
God is my source and will supply all my needs.
Fear of moving forward: Hurting someone's feelings
Searching for life...connectedness
No Connection (Hell) - hopeless, meaningless, isolation, empty
Bad Connection (The Law) - negativity, abusive, perfectionism, NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Seductive Connection (Sin) - empty promises, addictions, feel better for the moment
Real Connection (God) - Total acceptance by God, The real YOU can show up!

Perfect means COMPLETE not flawless...

Through the window of my brokenness is the place where I can see the face of God.

We don't have to carry everything~only what God gives us to carry....HE will carry the rest!

Original sin - "I will go at it without God."

Be tethered to the body!
Be in conversation wit God constantly/consistently
Keep your bumper on - Shelia Walsh

There is a "Critical Parent" born inside each of us...GUILT...Our conscience is not pure, it is fallen.

The Garden of Eden was a place where self-assessment didn't exist.

Self-esteem has nothing to do with performance.

Self-Image - God and my monkeys love me....

Changes....

Life is full of changes. Sometimes we like the changes, other times...not so much. Changes are hard much of the time. Changes are sometimes for the better and sometimes at our expense. Life is good, but hard much of the time.

Women of Faith challenged me to IMAGINE what God has for me in my circumstances and how HE can make things happen in my life if I surrender and trust HIM. God, I trust you and I know that you hold my hopes, dreams and heart in the palm of your hands. I know that you hold me when I need comforted and dance with me through the joys.

I am an open vessel to you. Speak clearly to me....as sometimes I don't listen very well.

I am blessed...and Change is GOOD!