Yesterday I realized how much courage I still need to the things I\u2019m passionate about. There are a lot of things I\u2019m good at that is easy for me to step into because it doesn\u2019t require me to say anything or open up. When it comes to writing, teaching, and speaking, I sabotage myself out of doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the people I admire are writers, teachers,\u00a0and speakers. But every time I write, teach or speak, there\u2019s something inside of me that just wants to curl up in a fetal position and hide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fear is an interesting thing. It\u2019s a signal for survival. Experiencing fear is normal and it\u2019s actually necessary when a bear or a lion suddenly appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You need to run.
As fast as you can.
Or you will die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But to run away from what I want to do? From what I\u2019m passionate about? What is that? Where did that come from? (Sounds Paul in Romans 7 doesn\u2019t it?)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I could chalk it off to personality but that just sound so limiting and against the whole idea of growth. Personality is moldable. I learned that from our physical therapy clinic. I don\u2019t do the actual physical therapy work, but I\u2019ve seen kids\u2019 personality transform.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n I co-own a clinic that specializes in physical therapy partnered with reflex integration. We have primary reflexes in our body that is meant to activate appropriately. It\u2019s the survival mechanism of the body and it\u2019s\u00a0meant to keep us alive. It\u2019s important that these reflexes are integrated at a young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At our clinic we see kids who have ADHD, depression, autism, behavioral issues, mental disorders, because we see first hand the problem didn\u2019t begin in the mind, it began in the body. Trauma, at a young age, causes our primary reflexes, the survival mechanics of the body, to get stuck in a\u00a0disintegrated state causing all kinds of issues. So what began in the body needs to be healed through the body.\u00a0Isn\u2019t that a beautiful example of the inner working of the Lord inside of us, specially for us adults and who understand the inner working of the Spirit. He\u2019s always inviting us to self-awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps The Score<\/a>, there is a danger to labeling something as a personality or a psychological disorder. We begin to associate our identity and our personhood to the disorder and ignoring the problem that stuck in the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who we are is shaped primarily through our environment. We learn to respond and react according to how we are treated, specially from our formative years, and our primary reflexes remembers them. Those become triggers so if a similar situation comes up later in life, we wouldn\u2019t have to think about avoiding it. The reaction would be automatic, keeping us alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of us have an unhealthy history with fear.\u00a0We behave to survive even though we aren\u2019t in danger.\u00a0And over the years, that becomes our emotional home. So who are we without fear? That\u2019s the beauty of the gospel of the Kingdom because it invites us to build a better internal architecture \u2013 an inner sanctuary with an emotional history with righteousness built on the foundation of the love of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today I heard the Lord speak to my heart, \u201cSharpen yourself into courage.\u201d I feel this is an echo of what the Angel of the Lord commanded Joshua, \u201cto\u00a0be strong and be of good courage.\u201d It\u2019s easy to hide behind what made us strong. It make sense. It\u2019s comfortable. It\u2019s familiar. But I\u2019ve lived my life long enough to know that what I\u2019m most intimidated by is actually what inspires me the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I may fail multiple times but that\u2019s okay. I\u2019m strengthening myself in the Lord and sharpening myself into courage. I\u2019m growing however slowly it can feel like to me. That\u2019s the grace I will generously and continually give to myself because if I can\u2019t honor the work of the Spirit within me, I\u2019ll be looking for validation outside of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I want to encourage you to trust His work in you as well, strengthen yourself into Him and to sharpen yourself into courage so you can do the same thing for one another. Lean in to what courage looks like for you in this season and grow through it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n For me, I\u2019ve been wanting to start an online community group and it\u2019s actually really scary for me. I\u2019ve done one before and it didn\u2019t work out well. So my reflexes is telling me to hide and not do it. I\u2019ve been wanting to share more of my writings, and it feels very vulnerable. It feels like I\u2019m going to die. But I\u2019m in leaning in growing through it facing death head on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n What have you been hiding from that you want to confront? 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Be of Good Courage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As fast as you can.
Or you will die.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"You need to run.
As fast as you can.
Or you will die."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"The Body Keeps The Score<\/strong><\/h2>","content":"The Body Keeps The Score","data":[],"style":{"align":"left","parent_style":{},"header":"h2","fontSize":"27px"}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"
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