Letting Go

It’s time I started letting go of some of my past hurts and anger. Choices I made make me so mad at myself sometimes. I am angry about the risks I took on love that didn’t work out. I’m mad that I told myself over and over again that I wouldn’t be that dumb girl that got played. Yet I ended up getting played.

Anger

I was so upset that I allowed myself to be put in that situation. I knew better. How did it end up like that? I should have been more careful. I should have been more sober-minded; more vigilant. I should have guarded my heart better. All the signs were there. All the red flags I chose to ignore were staring me in the face.

I got played by this person who wasn’t even supposed to be in my life. My instincts and the Holy Spirit told me not to do it. But, I did it anyway. I allowed this person into my heart who shouldn’t have been in my life. As a result, I got my heart broken. It’s not all his fault. But I sure did blame him.

Now What?

Now, I’m dealing with the aftermath. I took a risk on love and loss. How can I move forward? I don’t want to be single forever. Honestly, I don’t want to deal with a broken heart ever again.

So I’ve put up a great wall around my heart and emotions. No one can get access until I’m sure I won’t lose again. Until I’m guaranteed that I won’t be hurt. The only problem is, it’s keeping me single. I definitely don’t want to be single forever.

What is a girl to do? I’m so guarded I can’t tell the difference between dusty, crusty men and good men with flaws. I fear being hurt, I fear rejection, I fear abandonment. So, I’m going to give all of these things to God. Pray constantly. This is a process. God is restoring me.

Letting Go

He doesn’t want to keep any good thing from me. I’m keeping good things from myself by not letting go. As I continue to date, all of these areas that need improvement keep coming up. I thought I had resolved so many of these issues, yet here they are raising their ugly heads again.

Okay, God. I’m done for real this time. I’m giving it all to You. I literally cannot do this anymore. I want what You have for me. I’m going to grab hold of every one of Your promises. I know You are pruning me and preparing me.

It’s all good. Through dating, God has given me the chance to grow in areas I hadn’t recognized needed improvement. I’m being tested in so many areas. I’ve learned so much about myself in this process. God’s love for me amazes me. Now that I know better, I’m going to do better.

My Prayer

I pray that you grab hold of whatever God has promised you as well. Sis, you’re his daughter. You have full access to His kingdom. Let go of whatever is separating you from Him and the good things He has for you. He loves you too much to keep it away from you. Be prepared though. The process may not be easy, but it will be worth it. Here’s to us growing and loving the way God wants us to! Thanks for joining me on my journey of singleness. It’s a wild ride sometimes.

-Kim

P.S. Homie still hasn’t met my support circle. He made me mad last week and I had to dig into why I was so angry over something so little. My digging brought up all these feelings and is the reason behind this post. So, I’ll introduce him to my people on a week that hasn’t been so emotional.

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    Throughout history, we can see how we have been carefully conditioned coming to this point where we are on the verge of a cashless society. Did you know that Jesus foretold of this event almost 2,000 years ago?

    In the book of Revelation 13:16-18, we will read,

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    In the verses in Isaiah that refer directly to Lucifer, several times it mentions him falling from the heights or the heavens. The Hebrew word for the heights or heavens used here is Hebrew Strongs 1116: “bamah”–Pronounced (bam-maw’)

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    Obama’s campaign logo when he ran in the year 2008 was a sun over the horizon in the west, with the landscape as the flag of the United States. In Islam, they have their own messiah that they are awaiting called the 12th Imam, or the Mahdi (the Antichrist of the Bible), and one prophecy concerning this man’s appearance is the sun rising in the west.

    “Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.'” (Revelation 14:6-7)

    Why have the words of Jesus in His Gospel accounts regarding His death, burial, and resurrection, been translated into over 3,000 languages, and nothing comes close (the Quran about 110 languages)? Because the same Spirit of God (YHVH) who created all people likewise transcends all people; therefore the power of His Word is not limited by people; while all other religions are man-made, therefore they tend to primarily stay within their own culture. The same God who speaks to all people through His creation of the heavens and earth that draws all people around the world likewise has sent His Word to the ends of the earth so that we may come to personally know Him to be saved in spirit and in truth through His Son Jesus Christ.

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    We can try and follow the moral laws of the 10 commandments, but we will never catch up to them to be justified before a Holy God. That same word of the law given to Moses became flesh about 2,000 years ago in the body of Jesus Christ. He came to be our justification by fulfilling the law, living a sinless perfect life that only God could fulfill.

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    For God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:23). This is why in Isaiah chapter 53, where it speaks of the coming Messiah and His soul being a sacrifice for our sins, why it says it pleased God to crush His only begotten Son.

    This is because the wrath that we deserve was justified by being poured out upon His Son. If that wrath was poured out on us, we would all perish to hell forever. God created a way of escape by pouring it out on His Son whose soul could not be left in Hades but was raised and seated at the right hand of God in power.

    So now when we put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 13:14), where God no longer sees the person who deserves His wrath, but rather the glorious image of His perfect Son dwelling in us, justifying us as if we received the wrath we deserve, making a way of escape from the curse of death; now being conformed into the image of the heavenly man walking in a new nature, and no longer in the image of the fallen man Adam.

    Now what we must do is repent and put our trust and faith in the savior, confessing and forsaking our sins, and to receive His Holy Spirit that we may be born again (for Jesus says we must be born again to see and enter the Kingdom of God in John chapter 3). This is not just head knowledge of believing in Jesus, but rather receiving His words, taking them to heart, so that we may truly be transformed into the image of God. Where we no longer live to practice sin, but rather turn from our sins and practice righteousness through faith in Him in obedience to His Word by reading the Bible.

    Our works cannot save us, but they can condemn us; it is not that we earn our way into everlasting life, but that we obey our Lord Jesus Christ:

    Jesus says,

    “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:21-23)

    “And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.” (Hebrews 5:9)

    “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.’

    Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’ And He said to me, ‘Write, for these words are true and faithful.’

    And He said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.'” (Revelation 21:1-8)

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