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mountainspring:
Welcome Back Certain Hope!

Certain Hope:

--- Quote from: mountainspring on May 18, 2007, 08:13:35 PM ---Welcome Back Certain Hope!

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lol... oh, am I back?  :shock:   :wink:  ((((((((Mountainspring)))))))))  thank you, Sister. I'm very glad to see you're still kickin!

Me, too... in my own odd way. Kickin, that is. God bless and keep you!

With love,
Hope

birdy750:
Anyone been reading on this site?? It is a spiritually based place--and very well written--it helps to keep me grounded and to keep my eyes and heart open to his direction!!! Just thought I'd share

http://www.altrue.net/site/luke173/

Certain Hope:

--- Quote from: birdy750 on June 05, 2007, 06:56:14 AM ---Anyone been reading on this site?? It is a spiritually based place--and very well written--it helps to keep me grounded and to keep my eyes and heart open to his direction!!! Just thought I'd share

http://www.altrue.net/site/luke173/

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Thank you, Birdie!!  I just took a glance... and already know that I definitely want to read further there. Looks like a wonderful resource to me!
The section on Proverbs caught my eye right away. I'll be back there regularly, no doubt. Thanks again for sharing  :)

Hope

Bella_French:
I have been brooding about this thread, because this is a technique that my future mother in law often uses. She is one of the lonliest, saddest, most depressed people I know. And I feel that it is because she doesn't want to take any responsiblity for making positive changes in her life. So she `imagines' that her `spiritual armour' gives her the licence to make as many irresponsible choices as she wants. She believes that she can stay with a bad partner, or hang onto an exploitative friend, or a bad job, or any bad situation really,  and that her `imagined armour' will protect her from harm.

Meanwhile by putting herself right in the firing line for abuse, she suffers over and over again. It is so hard to be a part of this, as her closest relatives.  She frequently  becomes ill physically (needing our care and attention). She is usually depressed, to the point where its sometimes really hard to pick up the phone in the evening for fear of dealing with her suicidal thoughts. She chronically chooses narcissists as partners or friends. And she expects us to be her support and sounding boards over and over and over. Its so draining and overwhleming. It seems so clear that her choises are causing her pain. And yet when we confront her, she says `oh but i have my spiritual armour'. It makes me feel so helpless.

Having been raised a Christian, I feel that the role of Jesus and of God is not to absolve a believer of taking responsibility for their decisons or the outcomes in their lives. Jesus offered his believers a guide for selecting the right people (as well as the right path ) in our lives, and it is up to us to accept or ignore this advice. He offered his believers the gift of Faith because faith is what enables a person to make the right decisions, even when it feels lonely and causes pain in the short term. None of what he taught was intended to make his followers victims. Jesus was  a passionate man, who had good boundaries, and he expressed anger when appropriate. He was the ultimate activist. He didn't sit around doing nothing and claiming that his `spiritual armour' would help him. He took action and He made difficult choices . And he DIED for what he believed in.

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