We need God in our Lives to Live & Thrive
For a few months now, I have been experiencing spiritual awakening dreams or revelations.
We speak about this concept a lot in 12-step recovery.
One has a moment of inspiration and sees things differently, possibly for the first time.
I have had several such moments over the past few months, around the concept of God and how He is meant to play a role in our lives.
As such, I have discussed different observations about:
and the ability of any individual to perform miracles any day of the week.
A big focal point has been Anxiety.
Last night's spiritual awakening was the idea that when we experience anxiety, or any feeling for that matter, that is God talking to us, trying to warn us of some impending doom or danger.
The kingdom of God is within, where the I AM of our soul resides, and that soul life calls out to us through our feelings and emotions, to guide us to live a healthier life.
But if we deny our feelings,
If we medicate them or suppress them,
Then we are blocking God from caring for us.
We are our own worst enemy.
When we experience Anxiety, that is God trying to warn us that there is some person, place, or thing in our environment that might be a threat, and we are to take some form of affirmative action.
If you have someone in your family, friends, or tribe, or you work with people who treat Anxiety as a mental disorder, or those who were diagnosed with it, then it’s up to you to set them right.
We can be held accountable for harming a child of God, both the old and the young, if we don’t share this truth with them
There are 6 responses to danger that God gave us
Two of these are only to be used by young children who cannot defend themselves:
While adolescents transitioning into adulthood are to embrace the other 4:
In this day and age, so many of our young people grow up without any understanding or comprehension of the power of God at our fingertips, that they feel alone and misunderstood, that each feeling or emotion can feel like a milestone around their necks
But all is not lost, if you are a parent, sit with all your children, maybe around the kitchen table or the living room, if a teacher, work this practice with the whole class. Help each individual person know they are not alone by having everyone learn at the same pace.
Discuss all the different ways to use each of these responses:
Illicit ideas from each and every member of the group, pair them up to work with each other, or to discuss which ones they think might be best.
Have them write short stories where the characters use all the responses.
The goal is to fill each child and every adult with a whole arsenal of healthier responses and coping skills when they feel any emotion, not just anxiety.
You could have weekly workshops for each emotion and discuss which responses work best with each situation.
Then lead them into prayer and meditation
Let them know meditation is a healthy way to describe worrying
We are all experts at worrying, so know we are all experts at meditation too
The difference being what we focus on
If we focus on anxiety, depression, and stress, we are meditating on those things, manifesting them, attracting more of the same into our lives
So we want to meditate on all that is good and healthy, and we do this by trusting our anxiety and making use of one of these responses that we have just learned about.
Help them to understand that we all don’t have to cope in the same way, there isn’t a right or wrong way, not a ‘one size fits all’
One child might want to run away,
another might want to hide,
another might feel strong enough to just say no,
another might tell an adult, a parent, a teacher & God
and another might let it wash over them and be gone.
We, who read this are the carers; we are in a place where we can help children especially, the 300 million children diagnosed with mental disorders, that their feelings and emotions are not mental disorders, rather they are their God given indistinct, and they will find them easier to work with snd come to depend on, in they can allow them to be as part of their solution
It’s up to the adults in a younger person’s life to introduce them to the concept of Gad in their lives.
This is no longer about you or your life experiences, but an obligation we each have to our younger fellows to give them every chance of having an abundant life.
Let them know, having God in one’s life; keeping your faith in Him, even faith as small as a mustard seed; means replacing your anxiety of the unknown future with faith in God, that giving it all to Him, all will be well
And to understand God’s name is ‘I AM’ and we are to find our meaning and purpose in HIM, in the ‘I AM’ moment today. His name isn’t ‘I WAS’ or ‘I WILL BE’.
We are to let go of the past; it's none of our business in the present. We give it to God, and likewise, with the unknown future, we leave well enough alone until it happens.
This is the message we are to carry to all persons, adult & child, who worries about the unknown future or regret any past events.
To not carry this message of Hope to those who need to hear it is a terrible crime against mankind and a sin against God.
