Denial

I’ve lived in denial before. I refused to acknowledge that I was in a bad place in my life, that my spending habits weren’t healthy, that my words weren’t life-giving, and that I wasn’t living aligned with God’s Word. Each morning when I got up, I pretended that I was fine, that everything was fine, and I didn’t have the strength or the desire to make the needed changes. The problem with denial is that you can spend a lot of time camped there.

So, how do we move past denial to acceptance? We admit. We confess. We invite someone into our journey to help us take the next step and return to God’s path. We lay down our pride, and we choose God over everything else. If this is you today, say this prayer and invite Jesus in:

𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙,

𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙪. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥. 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤.

𝙄𝙣 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚,
𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙣