How did I mature relationally? This has been a long and often scary and painful journey for me. It has not been quick and easy. I am sharing with you some key individual steps that freed me to be able to mature from a relational infant and child to a relationally mature parent and elder. As I mature I better relate to everyone! Life makes so much more sense and is so much more peaceful! This meditation is number 8 in a series.
Key number 8: Freely live life from the “real me” (who God created me to be) …. This has been a major key as I emerged from the shadows and began accepting ….. my physical age ….. my many holes in my infant, child, and the adult levels of my relational maturity.
I had been saying “my life is in bad shape, I am disgraced, my life is ruined.” “My prime time of life is past.” “The time for me to rebuild my life is not yet come and may never come.” I will never be good enough to even start building. Many are those against me, even within my own family. Basically I was looking at my self and my life and had started to develop an identity based on what had happened to me. We could make a good western song out of it…..
Jesus brought me up short and said; “Wait a minute, …. Who do I say you are? What have I put within you? Are you agreeing with Me? …. Have I called you? … Just in case you have forgotten, I am now calling you again.!” I now started seeing myself as having a place and Person where I am connected. I begin to look into myself and I started seeing the marvelous way God has created me. …. I began to see the unique person I am; and that gives me strength and purpose! I am now beginning to mature, speak up, and live from my true identity; the “I am” …. love ….. kind …. generous ….. a parent ….. a teacher …..