Faith & Roses

⁷“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! ¹²So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

Scripture – Matthew 7

My Higher Power’s list of what to “leave behind”…
– Dishonesty
– Self-pity
– Self-medicating
– Self-centeredness
– Gossip
– Resentment
– Fear
– Procrastination
– Ego
– Self-importance
– Being right
– Being accepted
– Anxiety
– Materialism

The road to ‘leaving behind’ can be as jammed and packed as the only road out during a hurricane.

Destination:
– Freedom from being at war with Self
– Freedom from living in double-standards and duplicity

Even when my actions and thoughts indicate otherwise, it is a faith in a God of my understanding that is my foundation. Keep me humble today. Slow my roll. Guard my thoughts and feelings.

… And put a gate over my mouth.