Encouragment....

My BIL sent me this. I printed each child a copy that wanted it.

LET IT GO FOR 2006...
By T. D. Jakes

There are people who can walk away from you.
And hear me when I tell you this!
When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving
you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you.
I mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk.
Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.
The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us.
For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you.
And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.
Let them go.
And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over.
And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead.
You've got to know when it's dead. You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something.
I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye.
It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me.
And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay.
Let them go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains .....
LET IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth.....
LET IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you .......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents...
LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude......
LET IT GO!!!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better......
LET IT GO!!!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in
Him......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship.......
LET IT GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help
themselves......
LET IT GO!!!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed .
LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself
and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to......
LET IT GO!!!
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things.
GOD is doing a new thing for 2006!!!
LET IT GO!!!
Get Right or Get Left... think about it, and then ...
LET IT GO!!!

It so fit! I know some think it is getting the new boys that is causing this behaviour. While it may play a small part. Much MUCH of this has been lurking for as long as we have had her. When it came time to "adopt" we weren't even sure she would go through with it. We also weren't sure what name she would choose. Really, we were shocked when she chose our last name and changed her other names.

Many things I have saw but refused to put into words. I refused to give life to the choices that I saw, or thought I saw. I just held her accountable and prayed for real change. Therapist and I have talked many times about faking it until she makes it. Praying it would rub off and she really would change like the surface changes that we both saw.

She has never "attached" to the young people at church. She has kept all relationships superficial. She sorta attached to one friends DD, that has more computer access. Yes, she used this friend and her computer to contact people in AR that CPS had forbid, and we had honored their wishes. This type behaviours are sad. She would call this "friend" and have her check her email to see if they had contacted her. Wouldn't you LOVE a friend like she is?

She IS still here and we ARE still praying for her to realize what is at stake. I did share what God showed me about her health. MN has ask her and told her she has no clue what she is opening herself up for. All seems to fall on deaf ears. I do KNOW that I serve a God of miracles and He is still in the miracle business. Please continue to pray.

As for the rest of us, it is HARD. MN and I both are struggling. So many things I can't relate with what MN has been through. I am always honest with her and tell her I can't say I understand because I don't. This time though I get it! She and I both tend to be the type that "shut down" when we are hurting. So both of us are working to not shut down. More accountability between us.