{"id":199,"date":"2015-07-02T22:13:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T12:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parentequip.info\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2015-07-02T22:13:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T12:13:39","slug":"3-stop-controlling-everyone-everything","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/?page_id=199","title":{"rendered":"3. STOP CONTROLLING EVERYONE & EVERYTHING"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you keep taking the ‘driver’s seat’ you may feel powerful, but you’ll also\u00a0feel responsible for everything<\/b>! For other people’s problems, to the bad weather, to…..everything!<\/p>\n

CHOOSE<\/b>\u00a0to lay it all down, & in it’s place,\u00a0locate TRUST!<\/b>\u00a0Stop trying\u00a0so<\/i>\u00a0hard to get it right & start trusting that things will be made right as you let go & give God room to step in! Trust that as you let go that you will be made right as you respond ‘right’, & that life WILL unfold as it should! (Surrender to ‘the unforced rhythms of grace’.\u00a0<\/b>Even if the rhythm is in stops & starts & feels anything but a rhthym\u00a0:-<\/b>) Work with what you have & discover your own unique ‘rhythm’.<\/span><\/p>\n

God asks\u00a0‘Are you TIRED? WORN OUT? BURNED OUT (on religion)?<\/p>\n

Come to Me. Get away\u00a0with<\/b>\u00a0Me & you WILL recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk\u00a0with<\/b>\u00a0Me & work\u00a0with<\/b>\u00a0Me-watch how I do it.<\/p>\n

Learn the unforced rhythms of grace<\/b><\/i>. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me & you’ll learn to live freely & lightly’. (Mt 11:28-30\u00a0<\/b>Msg)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jesus promises His ‘yoke is easy’ & His ‘burden is light’.\u00a0His will<\/b>\u00a0for us is an easy yoke ,a light burden! If we’re not experiencing this, then perhaps we are either straining ahead of Jesus, or falling behind, & thus creating unnecessary strain in our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Come<\/b>\u00a0to Me, all you who labor & are heavy-laden & overburdened & I will cause you to rest. [I will\u00a0ease & relieve & refresh<\/b>\u00a0your soul).<\/p>\n

Take My yoke upon & learn of Me…& you WILL find rest (relief, ease & refreshment & recreation & blessed quiet) for your souls.<\/p>\n

For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good-not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, & pleasant), & My burden is light & easy to be borne’. (Mt. 11:28-30\u00a0<\/b>Ampl<\/b>)<\/p>\n

Let go!!!<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDon’t try to hold God’s hand; just simply let Him hold yours. Let Him do the holding & you do the trusting\u201d. (H. William Webb-Peploe)<\/p>\n

Trying to control your life & the life of those around you is like trying to control the wind; it’s impossible! And a waste of effort; awaste of emotional energy, whichis probably, in your ‘wobbly’ state, already in limited supply!\u00a0DECIDE<\/b>\u00a0instead to do the right stuff in letting go: plan ahead (even re the basics-having a plan for breakfast, for dinner, etc, can be a fabulous pressure reliever), set goals (know where you’re headed, individually, as a family), make wise choices, be balanced & disciplined, but quit trying to control every outcome & cover every base! Channel your desire to control to something more manageable (your knife & fork drawer perhaps \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[A Word of Wisdom<\/b>…Keep an open hand with the gifts life presents! BUT,… don’t be too quick to give away the treasures of revelation & understanding God has put in your hand; enjoy them for yourself & let them grow & be strengthened before showcasing them to the world around you; enjoy the fruit of what God puts in your hand before you prematurely pass the blessing onto others.]<\/p>\n

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Take the pressure off feeling like you need to fix everyone & everything. There is immense freedom found in understanding what I consider is the nature of\u00a0true ministry.<\/b><\/p>\n

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True ministry is………………………………………<\/b><\/p>\n

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SHARING,……………………………not domoinating<\/p>\n

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UNDERSTANDING,……………..not theologizing<\/p>\n

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CARING,………………………………not fixing,<\/p>\n

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IDENTIFYING,……………………..not relieving.<\/p>\n

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(Brennan Manning,\u00a0The Rabbi’s Heartbeat)<\/p>\n

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As we do our part; as we share, understand, care & identify with those in our lives, we enable the Holy Spirit to do His part in fullness & power!<\/p>\n

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If you keep taking the ‘driver’s seat’ you may feel powerful, but you’ll also\u00a0feel responsible for everything! For other people’s problems, to the bad weather, to…..everything! CHOOSE\u00a0to lay it all down, & in it’s place,\u00a0locate TRUST!\u00a0Stop trying\u00a0so\u00a0hard to get it right & start trusting that things will be made right as you let go & … Continue reading 3. STOP CONTROLLING EVERYONE & EVERYTHING<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":193,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions\/200"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentequip.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}