DAY 51...Suffer Together, Connect Better
"Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content."
- Bob Dylan, Brownsville Girl
Hardships and struggles are no fun, plain and simple. However, there are points in our lives when we struggle and we're forced to lean on others. In some cases it makes life a bit more difficult for the person we're leaning on. Perhaps we even feel bad about it. We don't enjoy being an inconvenience for people. Sometimes we don't like to be inconvenienced either. Sometimes we're the person who is leaned on in someone else' time of need.
- Bob Dylan, Brownsville Girl
Hardships and struggles are no fun, plain and simple. However, there are points in our lives when we struggle and we're forced to lean on others. In some cases it makes life a bit more difficult for the person we're leaning on. Perhaps we even feel bad about it. We don't enjoy being an inconvenience for people. Sometimes we don't like to be inconvenienced either. Sometimes we're the person who is leaned on in someone else' time of need.
It is these struggles that we have together that actually bring us closer together.
Have you ever gotten in a fight with a friend and after forgiveness was granted, you were actually closer than before? Similarly with struggles and suffering, we grow together when we go through hard times together.
It's also why going through Holy Week, day by day, with Christ brings us closer to Him and enhances the celebration of the resurrection. When you suffer together, you also rejoice together.
As we know, pornography is isolating. It's easy to see how pornography disconnects us from others, but sharing with the right person so you can overcome the struggle, can actually create a deeper connection with that person. It might be difficult at first, but it can be rewarding, especially in the victory that comes after overcoming it.
Have you ever gotten in a fight with a friend and after forgiveness was granted, you were actually closer than before? Similarly with struggles and suffering, we grow together when we go through hard times together.
It's also why going through Holy Week, day by day, with Christ brings us closer to Him and enhances the celebration of the resurrection. When you suffer together, you also rejoice together.
As we know, pornography is isolating. It's easy to see how pornography disconnects us from others, but sharing with the right person so you can overcome the struggle, can actually create a deeper connection with that person. It might be difficult at first, but it can be rewarding, especially in the victory that comes after overcoming it.
Today's Instructions:
A. Pray for the day, for friends, for family, for enemies. Thanksgiving, Requests, Praise.
B. In the Fortify Program, Update the battle tracker. Go to week 8 and check out "It's All About Relationships" and "Who's Your Focus."
C. Go to the daily readings and read today's Scripture.
D. Journal the following: 1. What relationships have you shared struggles with in the past? 2. What was the outcome of those relationships?
Today's Tips: When the urges come get up. Stop. Breathe. Pray. Play a game, invent a game, do something works your mind.
God give you strength. See you tomorrow.
Don't ever come back to this page to start over. This is the launching pad. You've already begun, even if you fall.
If you want to review this page, please do, but do not come back here to start over.
A. Pray for the day, for friends, for family, for enemies. Thanksgiving, Requests, Praise.
B. In the Fortify Program, Update the battle tracker. Go to week 8 and check out "It's All About Relationships" and "Who's Your Focus."
C. Go to the daily readings and read today's Scripture.
D. Journal the following: 1. What relationships have you shared struggles with in the past? 2. What was the outcome of those relationships?
Today's Tips: When the urges come get up. Stop. Breathe. Pray. Play a game, invent a game, do something works your mind.
God give you strength. See you tomorrow.
Don't ever come back to this page to start over. This is the launching pad. You've already begun, even if you fall.
If you want to review this page, please do, but do not come back here to start over.