Thoughts From Dimplequeen

Ok, here we go. Let me start off by saying this….I have to be honest and say that I do not know all the correct ways to “show” credit where credit is due when it comes to the blog world. SO here is what I will do during this study since it is not something that originated from my brain.

Any time there is something that is in italics then that is something that is said directly from Stormie’s book, “Lord I Want To Be Whole” or from the workbook that goes along with this book. Anything else that I might grab from I will do so online and will link to that information. How about that?

All that said, here we go!

Yesterday I mentioned to you what Stormie’s definition of emotional health was.
“having total peace about who you are, what you are doing, and where you are going, both individually and in relationship to those around you. In other words, it’s feeling totally at peace about the pst, present, and future of you life. It’s knowing that you’re inline with God’s ultimate purpose for you and being fulfilled in that.”

In the workbook there are some questions in reference to this definition. I will list them and my answers may or may not be there…depends on whether or not it is just too personal.

1. List the moments in your past that give you peace and well-being when remembering them. My wedding day, sitting on Mema’s couch while she rubbed my hand, the birth of my children, the day I went to college, when I first started going to church with Momma, hearing Grammy tell me that she DID know the Lord just before she passed away
2. Think about the moments that make you feel uneasy and agitated. List those moments. memories of Dad and my uncles fighting, memories of the rape and molestation and everything that surrounded them, all the lies, Mom and Dad’s 1st divorce, memories of certain people, other’s struggles with certain addictions, my own struggle with a self-abusive behavior
3. Look at your present. List the moments that give you a feeling of peace and well-being. hugging my children, being at church, watching my husband and children play, blogging, moments when I can be myself, when I, with the help of the Lord, overcome the urge to self-destruct
4. Look at the moments in the present that make you feel agitated and uneasy. List those moments. Making our house payment (the cost of living is much higher here than it was where we came from and our house payment makes me nauseous) when I make mistakes or forget things, when certain people are around Carlton, differing opinions on discipline at times, having not spoke to Dad since he and Mom split (back in September)
5. Think about the future. What events in the future might make you happy and at peace? List them. getting out of debt, watching the kids succeed, watching the kids come to know Christ, turning my home into that Santuary that has been mentioned in times past, having a home that is warm and inviting, getting Rachel potty trained, knowing that I CAN and WILL find peace
6. What events in the future might make you afraid and uneasy? List them. making another mistake in the checking like I made a few weeks back, looking ahead to the day that Dad and I finally talk about him and the drugs/alcohol, the overall thought of failure at something

Looking at the lists above, note the two most important events (the ones that make you feel the most uneasy and afraid) in the past, present, and future that you need to deal with as you go through this study and list them.

Wow….that was a lot for me. It took some time and some major honesty to write some of that down and there was still a thing or two that I just couldn’t write on here. You can email me if you would like and I might share, but I just couldn’t post it just yet! I’ll make my list of the two most important from the past, present, and future for ME to look at since one or two of those things might be from what I didn’t post here. You do the same.

After looking through the workbook I decided to split this introduction inot two parts. They both took some time when it came down to answering the questions she poses. And if you are as “emotionally messed up” (you notice I didn’t say disturbed!) as I feel I am, then it might take you some time to sort too!

You don’t have to post a comment that has all this information listed…you can do one of many things….journal it privately, blog it and then leave a comment letting me know so I can stop by, send me an email with it all IF you wish to share…or just simply leave a comment letting me know what you are getting out of all this so far. Just don’t leave me hangin’.

The next part will define those 7 steps to Emotional Health that I mentioned in here. We will define each of those a little then do a little more reflecting on who we are as individuals.

Look up these verses in the meantime: Proverbs 16:1, Jeremiah 30:17a, Psalm 38:8, Psalm 23:3

I will be out of school for Thanksgiving break for a week, therefore, I will not be online! So I hope you have a great Thanksgiving and I will post part 2 of the introduction when I get back.

** I am going to try to figure out how to list my labels on the sidebar so that if you only come for this study, you can go straight to them without sifting through evererything else.

Happy Healing!