Yo-Yo

 

Have you ever felt like a Y0-YO

Your up, your down, your been tossed around, Others have hurt you , you have hurt others.  Have you ever just felt like a Yo-Yo ?

 

Life is a series of events , good , bad and indifferent !  We all know the yoyo affect on our lives and in the life of our friends.

 

Always making new resolutions and promises to self and to others and following through until the going gets tough, then we quit and find ourselves wondering if we can ever accomplish our goals.

 

There is a solution to your up and down roller coaster life,  a ever lasting resolve to find your "Y"

 

Finding your why in life will open the door, to your what, where, who you are and what you are here for. Finding your why is that spark that will create a desire to push forward like you have never pushed before.

 

How do you find our why, our motivation to want to be the best we can be daily, and consistently ?

 

The answer was written well over 2000 years ago.  Every question you and I have for life, is written down in a book a basic instruction before leaving earth, because face it we are all going to face death one day and wonder what could have been different, when we start questioning the why of our own personal life, we open the door for something much larger than yourself to come in and start working in every area of our make up, the spiritual , the physical, the mental and the supernatural part of us that we all have the ability to tap into , we must seek out the answers through prayer, honest appraisal of who we are, what we have become, how we have gotten to that place and what we want to do to change it.  

 

A complete psychic change has to occur in order for someone to change from the inside out.

 

Many will cry out, but you don't understand I try, I pray and yet I remain stuck , stuck in the same old patterns and nothing changes.  Well, yes this may be true , so many times we think we are giving it 100% when really what we are doing is mixing our own ingredients with some biblical principals because we are afraid of letting go and the unknown .  

The YO_YO is actually comfortable and we know the pain of staying the same,  it is the pain of change that we fear.  Fear means to forget everything and run. OR Face everything and recover.

 

If you are like me and you are tired of being stung along by your own yo yo mentality the good news is you can change .

 

Here are the steps we take in order to change, First we need to admit the need for change, know one ever wants to admit complete defeat.  However admission is powerful and it opens the doors for this power to take over. That power is a loving God as he expresses himself to you and in the things around you, people , places, and things, God can be seen in it all, You must look.

 

After we admit this profound need to change, we start to examine or ways and look at our life, we forgive those who have harmed us and we ask for forgiveness to those we have harmed.

 

We make a list of assets and liabilities , we are neither all bad or all good. We write everything we think about, holding nothing back. The things that have been done to us and the things we have done to others, the reason we live in a yo yo mentality is because we always make resolution to change, but then run from the pain involved of emptying the emotional baggage we carry with us daily, staying stuck in a cycle, of up and down. 

 

We can find a constant flow of peace and serenity if we are willing to be uncomfortable for a undetermined amount of time, Cut that string to your yo yo mentality and live in abundance of the God things that God has for you ! 

    

Here is an example : Abraham looked squarely at the facts yet did not waver in his view of the future. So many times we either do not face the reality of the situation we are in and go into a blind optimism, or we get so caught up in our current situation that we become a pessimist. But God has the power to deliver us and Abraham stands as a witness on how to believe God in the midst of our life situations.

 

If you do not know the story of Abraham, I strongly suggest you learn about it from the bible, and let your faith build.

Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. – Romans 4:19-21

Many promises await you, if you are willing to take a deep honest appraisal of your life, change is possible over time when you put your trust in a Loving God , who stretched out his arms for you and said " It is Finished" .  Every single battle that you and I face, has a solution.  The bible tells us to let your YES be YES and your NO be NO. That is how we cut the cord from the yo-yo lifestyle and start living in harmony of His will for our life. Easy Never, however it is a process of constant communication with your creator.  Diligent obedience to die daily to your wants, your flesh, your human desires.  As Humans, starting in the Garden we are automatically programed to sin. It is our nature.  Jesus came so that we may have life.  Learn who you are, and what makes you tick, what is your motive, what is your motivation and find out your WHY?

The last point that I would like to share with you, is personal responsibility , we can't save our face and our reputation at the same time. You must get honest about all things , everything that you have ever done, or have had done to you, placing these things into there proper perspective will allow you to move forward In the healing light of God, and will allow you to find peace that passes all understanding. You will know longer feel like a yo yo up and down, and pushed around in a world of hurting people. Hurt people hurt people, Jesus saves. He conforms the hurting heart and repairs the broken and places them on Holy land. Set apart from the world, we are in the world but not of the world.  When we are willing to do the work, take one step and God will take two. 

Pray often : Dear God, I don't know what you want from me, but I am willing to learn if you show me.  I am tired of living in the yo yo and I want to live in you, safe, steady, constant, Joy, peace, love, understanding.  I know that your real, and I believe that you died for me.  I RECEIVE what you have to offer me and I am willing to do the work.  I am throwing in the towel of surrender and praising your loving name for the work that you are doing in and through me. When I am weak you are strong, your words never come back void.  If you prayed this prayer and you believe that he Is Alpha and Omega, then start walking and talking and acting like you believe, HE will do the rest. Open your hands and say YES Lord, here I am . I am signed , sealed and delivered in you. I am set apart and Holy.  Amen !

Write down your resentments
Share them with a friend or a pastor, or an accountability partner.
Release the shame and the pain of your past, forgive those who have harmed you.
Be kind and loving in all your affairs, take an honest appraisal of your life, WHY are you where you are, how did you get to this place.
Completely surrender and march forward to the prize.

Please be encouraged by this blog, this is a non- fail formula for those who work it. Work it your worth it.

Written by Pamela Joy Benigno
10/22/2013  Live and Let Live !