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Do you find yourself around people who cannot embrace the new you?
Do you constantly try to convince them you are a different person?
Answer this question, WHY?
I use to try to please others just to be accepted by their standards. I did not realize how draining this was for me. I would leap through hoops just to let them know I have changed. But I realized it did not matter because they wanted to me to feel guilty instead of forgiving me. If people cannot forgive you for the past person you use to be give them their divorce papers and let them walk. You have to understand life is too precious to allow others insecurities defeat the victory in you.Be cautious of people who do not accept your change and continue to dwell on who you use to be. These particular people will keep your life in a choke hold because they cannot see your growth. Do not become prey to their unforgiveness but rise up and walk on to the next community. When you go to the next community you will find people who will love you for who you are and embrace you. We spend to much time trying to convince others of our change and in the end we are unhappy. If you have changed for the better and others cannot embrace the new you then wipe the dust off your feet and move on..."Forgiveness does not hold guilt over your head forgiveness wipes our trangressions into the sea of forgetfulness"
The meeting Thursday was a simple discussion about whether or not the team agrees that Christopher would benefit from specialized individualized instruction. We/They all agreed he would. He's eligible for Fairfax County Services. We will meet next week with the curriculum planners, they have thirty days to develop a formal IEP, but they said services could start after the first meeting. I had thought it would be just preschool, but the more I look into it, it could include other more intensive therapies, maybe in-home if it would be more beneficial. We'll see.
Last weeks' elegibility committee meeting was postponed due to the snow, we're re-scheduled for this Thursday at 10:20am. JR has been pouring over the screening report and the internet, and is convinced Christopher has autism. I will wait for an actual diagnosis, so will find and schedule a developmental pediatrician, but can easily see how/why JR thinks autism. Christopher exhibits some degree of many autism indicators. But he doesn't exhibit them all, and the ones he does exhibit - he doesn't seem to exhibit very strongly, so if he does wind up being diagnosed on the autism spectrum, we're hopeful it would be on the higher functioning end. Meanwhile, as we continue to educate ourselves, and grapple with the possibilities, we keep coming up with more and more questions, and we're just not far enough into the process to have answers.
Have you ever had a test?
How did you feel about the test?
Well, if you are like most people taking a test can be stressful and frustrating. However, when you take a test your mind is focused on passing or failing. When you take a test orchestrated in the spiritual realm it is all about how you maintain your attitude. The past four months have been a test of my faith,stamina, patience and joy. I have endured in a season of pruning and the process was not comfortable. God began to peel away layers so he could build a better foundation to promote me to the next level. I never thought I would encountered a season quite like this one. Nevertheless, each level of pruning help me relinquish things in order to receive a greater reward. The issues I were married to would destroy my advancement to the next level. I had to painfully divorce those issues that were laying dormant. The test was not easy but it prepared me for a greater harvest. Sometimes in life we are tested and tried but understand with each test comes a lesson.
The first couple of months I was screaming, crying and fighting but then I recognized that the resistant would make the test longer. I decided to humble myself, become submissive and let God walk me through the process. During my last two months I was peaceful and joyful inspite of my circumstances. There was a lesson behind the test. The test was a sign of gorwth and maturity.
So, remember do not focus on the test but endeavor to change the way you look at the circumstances. All test are not meant to stress you out but in them find the maturity and wisdom to walk gracefully through what God is doing for you. "Grace Saves Face..."
Note:"Sometimes we forget if we are going through it is for a reason and if God wanted us not to got through it then he would allow us to come out of it. But if He does not take us out of it then there is a reason for the process. He is God he can do anything..."
