{"id":1729,"date":"2021-11-02T02:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2021-11-02T02:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T06:19:00","slug":"pump-your-brakes-sis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2021\/11\/02\/pump-your-brakes-sis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pump your brakes sis!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You ever heard someone talking and your immediate reaction was, \u201csis tripping for real, for real?\u201d I\u2019ve experienced this quite a few times myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure we can all recall encounters were we have to tell our homegirls, family, coworkers, or whomever to pump their brakes. Though many people don\u2019t like being corrected or told what to do, I\u2019m sure when they look back at the situation and are thinking logically, they would appreciate all that you have done for that person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back at the last few months, I admit I have had my \u201cpump your brakes\u201d moments and I appreciate folks trying to intervene out of love. I wasn\u2019t out here \u201cwilding out\u201d or anything like that, I just had zero patience with myself. It\u2019s like my expectations of myself were irrational. And then went my sweet friend gave me the advice of \u201cgiving myself some grace,\u201d it seemed things started to shift. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t the first time she had said that but it was the first time I listened and completed a self inventory and realized I was was not on a healthy path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here we are, more than a week in and I tell you, and I tell you \u201cI FEEL GREAT,\u201d in my Tony the Tiger voice! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The peace, joy, and hope that the Book of Romans chapter 15 as been so evident in my life but I guess I was too overwhelmed or stressed out to see it. The way I was handling things wasn\u2019t healthy and it was actually counter productive causing a domino effect mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I touched on the topic of self care and I focused on pouring from an empty cup. When that peace that Christ gives you \u201cdisappeared\u201d I should have known something was off immediately. But hey whose judging right? That\u2019s where that grace comes in! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hopes of providing a valuable life lesson, I\u2019ll put myself on the spot. Instead of turning things over to Christ, praying about it and leaving it there I tried to have my husband \u201cfix a lot of stuff.\u201d Let\u2019s just say it put more \u201cstress\u201d on him and my household suffered because of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not going to sit up here and act like there \u201cwasn\u2019t trouble in paradise\u201d because that would be a whole lie. Like my kids say, \u201cstop the cap!\u201d It did however again teach me a valuable lesson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s lesson is to not allow your circumstances or the position of being \u201coverwhelmed\u201d or stressed out cause you to loose sight of how big God is. A lot of times our actions say we think God is too busy for our petty stuff but He wants us to bring it all to Him. No matter how big or how small; He cares! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord is the only person who can fill that gap, heal that wound, bring peace to our sorrow, bring comfort and restore our hope. So you see it\u2019s good to pump those breaks and take it to the Lord in prayer. Trust Him to do what He says He will do. Have faith in Him and not man. You see we make our first mistake thinking man has a \u201ccrystal ball\u201d when in fact man has no power. God is the answer! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion, the next time you find yourself in a sticky situation and life seems to be just upside down or you are spiraling out of control, find comfort in God. Restore your joy, peace, and hope in Christ. Not the bottle, not the blunt, not the stripper, not the ice cream, not the Debbie cakes, not the pornography, not the pills, or whatever else your vice may be. Take it to God, trust Him, and leave it there. God is able! He has always been able! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t put that pressure on your spouse or other loved ones. God is concerned, He cares, and He is working things out for YOU!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You ever heard someone talking and your immediate reaction was, \u201csis tripping for real, for real?\u201d I\u2019ve experienced this quite a few times myself. 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