While researching material for my book, BEYOND SURVIVAL, I ran across another very small book with 5 little chapters in it, and I’d like to share it with you today. It describes so well what we go through in our search for recovery from past painful experiences.

Chapter 1.  I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost….I am hopeless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter 2. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don’t see it. I fall in again. I can’t believe I am in the same place. But it isn’t my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

  Chapter 3. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in…. it’s a habit. My eyes are open. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

Chapter 4. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

Chapter 5. I walk down a different street.

Saint Paul wrote to the Philippians: “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

Jesus can help us avoid the pitfalls of denial, if we stop blaming others for the holes we fall into. Jesus will take us down a new street.

This is grandma Nancy with insights for today sharing Jesus’ love for you.