I read this at a recovery meeting last night:
"The most common symptoms of emotional insecurity are worry, anger, self-pity, and depression...If I am unable to change the present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they are?"
Yep, I have a new normal.
I am a widow.
I am willing to shape my life to conditions as they are as I follow God's lead.
I feel like I've been spiritually bombarded with God's love for the last 24 hours. I've heard and read so many pertinent words that apply to where I am at today.
• I am a child of God.
• I am a jewel that God treasures.
• I can't run out in front of God like a dog on a leash. I need to follow Him in obedience.
Resources
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Page 52
Malachi 3:17
“They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
Devotional by Rebecka Beene on Facebook