Two-Faced Coin
Series 1, #6
Reeks: Series 1
ALICE LOGAN
- We
- are
- tossed
- to
- and
- fro
- when
- we
- allow
- ourselves
- to
- live
- from
- the
- scars
- that
- are
- hidden
- in
- our
- hearts.
- We
- doubt;
- we
- question;
- we
- mistrust,
- and
- we
- hide
- in
- fear,
- not
- allowing
- our
- true
- selves
- to
- come
- forth,
- to
- experience
- the
- freedom
- of
- Christ.
- God
- wants
- to
- take
- away
- our
- scars
- so
- we
- can
- be
- free
- -
- so
- we
- can
- live
- through
- Him
- and
- not
- live
- through
- the
- pain
- of
- the
- past.
- We
- must
- be
- willing
- to
- accept
- healing
- instead
- of
- tossing
- a
- Two-Faced
- Coin,
- and
- be
- healed
- from
- the
- instability
- of
- our
- reactions
- that
- are
- based
- on
- fear,
- pain,
- and
- betrayal.
- Let
- us
- react
- through
- Him:
- through
- His
- grace,
- through
- His
- truth
- and
- through
- His
- love.UPROOTING
- HIDDEN
- PAIN
- AND
- UNHEALED
- WOUNDSACKNOWLEDGING
- NEGATIVE
- ACTIONS
- AND
- REACTIONSEXPOSING
- THE
- SPIRIT
- OF
- DOUBLE-MINDEDNESSUNDERSTANDING
- OUR
- IDENTITY
- IN
- CHRISTBECOMING
- A
- SAFE
- PLACE
- FOR
- OTHERS…AND
- SO
- MUCH
- MORE!The
- actions
- of
- another
- had
- caused
- a
- visible
- scar
- in
- my
- life
- that
- I
- had
- been
- living
- out
- of.
- Every
- day,
- I
- flipped
- my
- two-faced
- coin,
- deciding
- whether
- I
- would
- choose
- to
- feel
- safe
- or
- unsafe,
- trusting
- or
- untrusting.
- Would
- I
- be
- suspicious
- of
- others
- or
- open
- and
- welcoming
- to
- all?
- The
- scar
- had
- been
- exposed
- in
- order
- for
- me
- to
- live
- upon
- the
- clean
- and
- clear
- path
- the
- Lord
- had
- mapped
- out
- for
- me.
- I
- could
- no
- longer
- live
- through
- the
- scar.
- Healing
- had
- commenced.There
- were
- situations
- from
- my
- past
- that
- I
- didn't
- want
- to
- talk
- about.
- I
- didn't
- want
- to
- bring
- awareness
- to
- them
- or
- acknowledge
- that
- they
- were
- even
- real.
- I'd
- been
- hurt
- and
- didn't
- want
- to
- re-enter
- those
- memories
- of
- pain.
- I
- had
- scars
- -
- scars
- that
- were
- not
- visible
- to
- the
- naked
- eye.
- But
- they
- were
- visible
- in
- my
- actions
- and
- in
- my
- reactions
- to
- others.
- I
- was
- unstable,
- allowing
- the
- flip
- of
- a
- coin
- to
- determine
- how
- I
- would
- react
- to
- whatever
- was
- in
- front
- of
- me.
- Whether
- I
- liked
- it
- or
- not,
- the
- pain
- hidden
- inside
- was
- now
- manifesting
- on
- the
- outside.
- God
- already
- saw
- it
- all,
- no
- matter
- how
- far
- down
- I
- pushed
- the
- pain.
- I
- couldn't
- conceal
- it
- from
- Him.
- He
- had
- already
- seen
- it
- and
- was
- waiting
- for
- me
- to
- bring
- it
- to
- Him
- so
- that
- He
- could
- do
- something
- about
- it.
- Only
- He
- could
- heal
- the
- scars,
- take
- away
- the
- pain
- and
- filter
- my
- actions
- through
- His
- love,
- His
- mercy
- and
- His
- grace.
- I
- would
- surrender
- to
- Him
- my
- Two-Faced
- Coin,
- now
- basing
- my
- decisions
- on
- the
- truth
- of
- His
- Word.
- No
- longer
- would
- I
- act
- through
- the
- pain
- of
- the
- past.
- Through
- Him,
- I
- would
- be free.
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