Here is your assignment for Week One:
- Who is a person in your life that is glad to be with you? Describe a time recently that you spent time with them. How did this make you feel? If you do not have a relationship with a person that is glad to be with you, ask God to give you one, perhaps someone in the Restarting Class.
- What area(s) of your life are you trusting God to work in your life and make progress in through this class? If you are comfortable doing so, ask God what He want to do, and record the thoughts that come to you.
Well I took this class a year ago and then I took the Belonging class. It is really interesting to come to class with a different heart and eye this time. I am still dealing with the trauma inflicted by mom and I’m trusting God to help me work on those. I know that it can be a long process but with His help and the help of this class, I know that the daily turmoil I live with from her is bearable. I also know how to respond in a much healthier way and can’t wait to see what else I can learn the second time around. Isn’t interesting how we end up in these types of learning situations just when God needs us to?
I look forward to retraining my brain yet again to get even healthier!
Rebecca
Rebecca- thanks for your post. There is so much material that is new, including all the brain science stuff and attachment pain issues–I know that you will get as much or more out of the second class as you did the first! Thanks for coming!
Since I moved frequently throughout my life and it was difficult to maintain long term friendships, it has been a gift from God that He reunited me with a friend I made in 6th grade in NJ (we moved 3 years later and lost touch for years, but we reconnected in our twenties and have been in touch ever since). This friend has not had an easy life but she never feels sorry for herself and is always ready to give of herself to others. We have gotten to spend some small amounts of time together over the last few years, when I went to Virginia….we went to Williamsburg and Jamestown and some of the museums…….it was such a pleasure to have someone to marvel at God’s creation with (one of the museums had an aquatic section and there were people there to teach about the shells, fish, etc.) We enjoyed the beautiful scenery and we always laugh a LOT. I feel such peaceful acceptance when I am with her. My prayers for some years now has been that some day I will be able to live near her…email is just not the same.
Oh and I forgot to mention that I am trying very hard to trust God to help me with my depression….I so want to be free of it. I want to learn to really “FEEL” God’s love, and feel His presence when I am alone. There are times I feel He has forgotten me, or perhaps because my spirit has retreated so much, that I am not useful for Him. I KNOW in my head that isn’t true….but awful hard to blast that one out of your “beliefs”. I want my joy back. No matter what circumstances I am in.
Amy- I am reminded that Heb 11:6 says that we must have faith to please God, and a big part of that is believing that rewards those who seek him. The fact that you are taking this class is evidence that you are seeking God’s help in these areas. He is delighted to answer these prayers! Thanks so much for sharing what you are trusting God for in this class. -Jeff
I find the first week to be a bit overwhelming as to where the class may go (or lead me), but at the same time quite excited to fine out.