Safe from Yourself

 I just wanted to share something I'm cooking today:

In life we all have the basic need to be seen, soothed, safe, and secure. Most people can say they had parents who tried reasonably well to provide all four of those for us. I want to touch on the matter of being safe for just a moment.

Even with their best efforts, many parents may not have been aware there was one important way to keep us safe:  that is, from ourselves.

Sure, they taught us not to stick anything into an electric outlet or to look both ways before we cross the street, but they couldn't as easily address our basic need to keep ourselves safe from our own thoughts.

I'd encourage you to set some time aside soon, if not today, to review and renovate how you think about yourself. We all are experts at conveying negative messages to ourselves. It takes intention, time, and solitude to reverse the effects of such negativity.

You are lovable and you are loved. You make a difference and you belong. You are a unique expression of the life of Christ, who created, fills, and sustains all things. Be intentional to make the time to retrain your mind and body to undo the unsafe messages you sent yourself. You are safe in the arms of a loving, giving, comforting Father, even if that wasn't your model on Earth, or even of yourself.