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[Guest]

Well, it has been a week or so since I have worked on the stepping stones and wow do I feel like I have fallen off of a mountain cliff. I am slowly realizing that I need God in my life but trying to figure out how to not allow "daily life circumstances" to knock me off course and get discouraged and then you know the rest of the story.

It was a bit interesting to see what was part of day six of the counseling course. Setting up some personal goals for the month and making them a priority. I am going to give this a shot and see how I do. For me it seems like i can stick to something for a day or two and then allow frustration, disappointment, anger etc to grab ahold of my thoughts and I easily give up. I would appreciate your prayers for me that i would somehow stick to this. Perhaps if those of you who read this feel led to help hold me accountable in someway might help me on this journey. I would appreciate any help, thoughts, prayers that people feel led to share etc.

Well...here I go....again...

Thanks!

Shannon

[susidivah]

You got it Shan-Shan!!!

Welcome back... perseverence is a major key here... and you're all over it girl

Know I as well as many others luv ya here but HE does the most!

God bless,
Susi

[Tam]

Count it as done.....I will ask you everytime I see you how you are doing
Ok?
Get back on the steps and don't beat yourself up....you can do this

[mlg]

Hey sis welcome back to the pathway....took a little detour...but your back and that my sister is what counts....woohooo God is proud of you.

I really like step 6 and the charts sis. They are awesome in helping us keep our focus...and if you put the chart someplace you will notice it quickly daily...then this will help you as well in reminding you to follow through with doing the tasks on the charts.

I will definitely be praying for you through the charts sis. You can do this!

Oh I'm so glad your back doing the steps. I've missed ya.

luv ya

[momof3]

Ill be praying with you, too. welcome back! Decide, sis...that you are tired of what youve been believing and want the truth now. Decide and push through. He's right there with you and will meet you where you are. Decide that you cant do this on your own, but with Him, you can. He wont let ya go..dont let go of Him. Even when every thought in you says you cant go on, believe and decide that He can get you through if you will let Him.

praying with you!

in Jesus
love momo

[sleeplessinflorida]

Hello iwanted2die, I'm sleeplessinflorida. I just finished the stepping stone program, so basically I'm still new at all of this. However, prior to finding this website and working on the program I was lost. I've been unemployed for over a year now and became very depressed. I mean I would not leave my home for weeks, I wouldn't clean up after myself, I refused to talk to anyone, I wasn't able to sleep at night, then I would sleep all day, I would stay in my pj's all day, I would eat everything even if I wasn't hungry, I would drink alcohol until I would pass out, I hated everything, I had a lot of bad thoughts, my whole body ached simply from laying around and doing a lot of nothing, and I just wanted to disappear. :cry:

I knew that the way I was being was wrong because I knew who GOD was. I tried to *Pray* to GOD and asked for strength just to get up and get out to do something/anything, but some how I just wouldn't and that would make me even more upset. I started to believe that the Lord left me for good this time because I really messed up my life. After all we do have free will and it was my fault for choosing to do the wrong thing every time. I couldn't stand it. I hated looking at myself in the mirror it wasn't pretty. It was quite scary if you ask me. :roll:

At this point, I realized I just don't want to live like this anymore. I knew my life could be better, but I didn't know what to do, where to go, or even how to go about it. Soooo, I began to search the internet for some type of help when the good Lord led me to this website. *PraiseGod* Now, keep in mind, I've already made a decision that I no longer wanted to continue to live my life like I was! So, when I came across this website and started to read the TRUTH it was though as if GOD designed this stepping program just for me. He knew exactly what I needed and because he knew that in my heart I was ready to make a change he filled me with the Holy Spirit right away. I say this because I was crying out of control. I hadn't cried in a long time. I thought my heart was hardened. I had mixed feelings of joy because I was happy to know that the Lord was in fact still with me; and feelings of doubt because I wasn't sure if I could do this program straight thru without quitting; and feeling afraid that if I did quit I would fall back into that rut I was in. GOD knew I didn't want to go backwards and so as I pressed on I realized that if you feed yourself with the Word of GOD (TRUTH) daily, it really does get easier and life is much better. *REALSolutions*

Sister, I want you to know that *Friend* forever. I would love to chat with you anytime to share. As a friend, I suggest you put the Armour of GOD on (read the Word) every morning before you start the day so that you're day will go a lot better. *AngelYellow* This has worked for me and I *PraiseGod* for continuing to help me and I know he will do the same for you. Please don't get me wrong, I still have a lot of work to do, I have a lot to learn, but today when I look at myself in the mirror, I love what I see now. *Halo* And it's all because of GOD's Grace! Thank You Lord Jesus! *JITW* and the only way.

[deetu]

hey wanted2, you should actually be encouraged because now you know what it is like to follow the Lord and what it is like to stop.
You like the following the Lord, so it is good... make you want to reach more.
Nice to see you again

[Dora]

Setting up some personal goals for the month and making them a priority. I am going to give this a shot and see how I do. For me it seems like i can stick to something for a day or two and then allow frustration, disappointment, anger etc to grab ahold of my thoughts and I easily give up.

I use to do this. Then I learned to break it down.

Such as I wanted to paint landscapes.
But signing up for classes and buying the paint supplies just seemed to be to much.

Ok that's a really bad example because I never signed up for classes or bought art supplies.





Ok how about this one....I wanted to make quilts. I've always dreamed of making the wedding ring quilt. Still am dreaming of that BUT I have made many quilts. Started with a simple design on a small quilt and worked my way up bigger and more difficult along the way. Still going to make that wedding ring quilt one day.

you can do it. Slow and step wins the race.

So start small. Break it down into steps. Rejoice every time you take a step towards your goal. One step closer to accomplishing it and you get many rewards along the way so you don't get discouraged.