Comments on: LETTING GO OF THE LIES

By: Kim T.

Kim T. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:32:04 +0000

I just now read your post and want to tell you that I am praying for you. God bless you for your honesty, I know people will be helped by your post.

By: Adele

Adele — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:11:14 +0000

oh, my! I wrote that comment over three times with three different emails because every time I posted it posted my avatar with it. I wanted to remain anonymous. Finally, the third try posted an anonymous avatar. whew! But when I check next day, there was my avatar again! I know a lot of great people have used their hurts and struggles in this area to help others, I wanted to also, but anonymously!

Maybe God has a different plan? my,my,my…thanks for praying for me, though. Really appreciate the support.

By: Marlys

Marlys — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:42:31 +0000

Dear Adele,
I really like what you said, “I’ve been trusting in the wrong rope.” Join the crowd (meaning lots of us on this blog)! I’ve spent so much of my life trusting in something besides God; using lots of other things for “comfort” and “escape.” The reality is that God is the only answer!

I’m praying for you! I commend you for the courage it took to reach out. Keep in touch. Marlys

By: Dee Brestin

Dee Brestin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:27:41 +0000

Wow — Adele — this is so good.
I pray you will get some support right there, because as Ecclesiastes says, two are better than one. I’ll ask people to pray for you. Thanks so much for sharing.

By: Adele

Adele — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:38:51 +0000

Dee, this post has meant SO much to me this evening. I’ve been “fellowshipping” with you for hours now, reading your post, reading the scriptures, reading the comments and writing down much of it in my jounal.

You asked, “…to what lies are you clinging?”

Here’s my “rope”: drinking won’t hurt me or my family. The Lord’s been showing me that if I don’t let go of that lie, I could eventually hang myself with that “rope”.

I’ve been masking some feelings that are hard to face by drinking alcohol. I’m mentioning this, although it’s not easy to do, because maybe someone might read this who’s doing the same thing.

The rope I haven’t grasped completely is this: God is enough for me. I don’t always trust Him.

The sign for “trust” in sign language looks like hanging onto a rope, one fist on top of the other, like in your picture above.

I’ve been trusting the wrong rope. Thanks for reinforcing what God’s been so tenderly speaking to my soul, and thank you for helping me to agree with God about “who the real liar is.”

By: Gloriadelia

Gloriadelia — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:21:11 +0000

Lynn, may I quote you on my blog? I have a devotional blog called Gloriadelia. http://www.gloriadelia.wordpress.com

Really liked what you had to say. Gloris (that’s not a typo, that’s my name :) )

By: Dee Brestin

Dee Brestin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:02:55 +0000

GREAT JOB EVERYONE ON WORKING ON LETTING GO OF LIES –

LET’S GO ON TO SPEAKING THE TRUTH TO OUR SOULS — THOUGH FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE MORE ON THIS POST!

By: Dee Brestin

Dee Brestin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:01:48 +0000

Thanks for this good testimony and the Lucy Swindoll quote!

By: Dee Brestin

Dee Brestin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:30 +0000

Kim — I’m so thankful that Annie Johnson Flint’s poem ministered to you and that you are not carrying that false guilt anymore.

These are such hard economic times. Thankful for your provision, and praying for God’s open door in His right time.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:27:05 +0000

#4. Psalm 51:4

David comes to terms with the reality of what he has done.

“Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned,
And done what is evil in Thy sight”

Simplistic, no excuses, no rationalization.

The whole of Psalm 51 that I like is that David does not get lost in self-pity or the “how can I forgive myself for what I have done”. That is the downward spiral I too often get into. David admits his sin, the enormity of it, yet keeps his focus steadily on this God who is compassionate, filled with lovingkindness, the God of his salvation, the One who is able to blot out his sins, to deliver him from bloodguilt.

The word picture in verse 7, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow”.