Losing Temper...

AUGUST 28

There is one meaning to the phrase "forgetting myself that admonishes me not to lose my temper. When someone says something rash of ugly, we say they are "forgetting themselves," meaning they are forgetting their best selves in a sudden fit of uncontrolled anger.

Someone at an Al-Anon meeting spoke of this in telling how her mother helped her overcome a fiery temper when she was a little girl:

"Whenever I had a tantrum, my mother would say very quietly: 'You're forgetting yourself, dear; mod-u-late your voice and then it won't hurt so much. That always brought me up short and made me ashamed. Once I answered, 'All right, mother, I will remember myself, and finally all she had to say was: 'Forgetting yourself? Modu- late... and we'd both laugh.'

Today's Reminder

If I remember the kind of person I want to be, I won't forget myself and yield to an angry surge of temper. I will remember to modulate my voice-quiet always sets the stage for calm.

"Forget not thyself in times of anger.....

Gods Gift To Us..

Joyce .eyer Devotional.....Always remember that whatever you are good at or gifted to do is only a strength for you because God has made you that way. Don’t take credit for yourself, but give glory to God always. 

Unoffendable Devotion.... It means we never have to compare what we have received with what anyone else has. It means whatever you were given is exactly what God thinks you can be trusted with at this time in your life. 

Cutting A Pineapple lysa Terkeurst

https://youtu.be/YnfRzgGpaPI?si=S3W38qS8TCNKrSld

The Spirit Is Willing, But The Body Is Weak.

Something just pop right out when I was reading today's message. When I attended A.A I heard this " Before you pick up a drink PRAY!!!!!"

So when I have a problem with my Obsessions or Compulsions I need to open the communications with God and other people.

Step 5 of Alcoholics Anonymous, commonly known as the “Confession” step, encourages members to acknowledge their struggles and whatever harm they caused to themselves and others in pursuit of alcohol. Step 5 of AA reads that one, “admitted to God, to oneself, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”

https://alcohol.org/alcoholics-anonymous/step-5/

Second half of the message reminded me of " The Parable of the Seed." 

Jesus explains, “The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with the worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity” (Luke 8:14).

When I am obsessing about something or I have a compulsion to do something I need to confess and pray. Because if I don't I will be choked with the worries and riches and pleasures of this life. I want to have good fruit.