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rosie light shines


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Surrender



Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.
--Step Three of Al Anon


Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered.We become empowered in a new, better, more effective way than we believed possible.Doors open. Windows open. Possibilities occur. Our energy becomes channeled, at last, in areas and ways that work for us. We become in tune with the Plan for our life and our place in the Universe.And there is a Plan and Place for us. We shall see that. We shall know that. The Universe will open up and make a special place for us, with all that we need provided.It will be good. Understand that it is good, now.Learning to own our power will come, if we are open to it. We do not need to stop at powerlessness and helplessness. That is a temporary place where we re evaluate where we have been trying to have power when we have none.Once we surrender, it is time to become empowered.Let the power come, naturally. It is there. It is ours.Today, I will be open to understanding what it means to own my power. I will accept powerlessness where I have no power; I will also accept the power that is mine to receive.


 


 


>>>>>>rosie>>>>>>for me, surrender meant "same ole loss of me" in the "old days" in the horrible place where i grew up with a serial child predator father, and a hopeless drunk for a mother, evil and abuse ran amok.....the place was infested with demons as an unkept tenement house would be with cockroaches.......i was drowning in spiritual filth...becuz i was one of the "light spirits" it nearly killed me


so to me?? surrender meant having to let my father violate my body with my having NO say over my own flesh or mind or emotions even.......i had to shut down...disassociate....the result??? complete loss of self....total disconnection from the "spirit" of me and from my God as well........everything was taken from me.......


when i came here and heard the word "surrender" it triggered me MAJORALLY.........if my "earthly gods" could so dispicably betray/wound/ me , HOW was i to trust in a God i could NOT see????? so to me , surrender meant, **another loss of self** same loss, diferent God.....it was still a loss to me.....


THAN, as recovery crept up me like a beautiful subtle vine, i realized the TRUTH!!!! THIS God, the Creator, the SOURCE of all things good was offering me FREEDOM.......freedom from wrestling with karma i had no business/ power over.......offering me the option to RELEASE me from the negative energy and let the spiritual forces of the universe take over......it offered me PEACE!!!! a PLACE to take my "burdens"....... by accepting my defeat..i got the victory


NOW?? surrender has this simple meaning to me----- i "show up for duty--- do the 'grunt work'---do ALL i can" THEN i give over the OUTCOME to God......that is my perception of "surrender" ahhh sweet surrender.....my deliverence from having to "fight and resist"


my fierce will kept me alive during my days of horror and depravity.....now that fierce will, though ok, began to be a liability becuz i couldn't "give over" things over which i had no control...i just couldn't...and when i did let go....the situation had my claw marks all over it, AND handles i had built to "grab the problem back" when god was not "moving fast enough"......this behaviour is giving way to .....doing all i can......LETTING GO the rest.....letting the universe take care of it............


its kinda funny and with my sarcastic sense of humour...when a negative situation hits me, and i even think it is "psychic attack" from dark forces?? i taunt them....i do what i can do w/ the problem, than i taunt them and say "ok, scumbags, NOW U gotta fight the BIG guy....ha ha ha ha i am OUTTA here"........and immediately the "energy" lightens up...its like i can "feel them flee".......LOVE it!!!! yes, SWEET surrender!!! i am getting to like it.......peace/ rosie



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Rosie....I so want that!!!!! Loved the post.

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what a great post.  I am sorry for all that you had to go through.  No one should ever have to go through that.  I am glad you are finding something to take some of that pain away.  ((((Rosie))))).  Really inspirational thoughts in there.

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"ok, scumbags, NOW U gotta fight the BIG guy....ha ha ha ha i am OUTTA here"........and immediately the "energy" lightens up...its like i can "feel them flee".......LOVE it!!!! yes, SWEET surrender!!! i am getting to like it....." - RSL


((((((((((((((((((Rosie)))))))))))))))) I like that! Great post!


Love you, kiddo! -K



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