{"id":218,"date":"2009-12-19T14:36:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T19:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karencasey.wordpress.com\/?p=218"},"modified":"2009-12-19T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T19:36:48","slug":"we-always-hear-what-we-need-to-hear-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"We always hear what we need to hear if. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I am so often struck by the timeliness of the messages “I receive” at meetings. \u00a0My sponsor has said many times that when I am ready, I will hear the message, or the explicit direction<\/strong> from God, \u00a0that I have been prepared for. \u00a0I used to doubt her, but not any more. \u00a0I do hear exactly what I need to hear but I have to show up in the places I have been called to be, to hear the message.<\/p>\n

Isolating myself from others hasn’t appealed to me for years but it used to. \u00a0I wanted you to express your desire for my company. \u00a0And I felt sorry for myself if you didn’t. \u00a0Frankly, I was a codependent wreck. \u00a0Isn’t it nice to be able to see how much we have grown? \u00a0To know that we no longer do what we always did is such a thrill and it’s the surest way to signal to the God of our understanding that we are ready for the next message.<\/p>\n

I was at a great women’s meeting this morning and fear was the topic. \u00a0It is still fresh for many. \u00a0It’s nice to be able to assure those people that it will leave. \u00a0I know from personal experience. \u00a0God replaces our fear just as quickly as we strengthen our faith in him. \u00a0Fear and faith cannot coexist in the same mind at the same time. \u00a0One will supercede the other.<\/p>\n

How I wish that as a child I had been told that God was present to comfort me. \u00a0That all I had to do was think of him. \u00a0I don’t know what messages you received at home but we generally imitate those we live among. \u00a0What I observed was fear. \u00a0What I became was fearful. Remembering that they did the best they could is important. \u00a0However, it’s also important for us to take responsibility today for making our lives all that they can be and this means being willing to hear the messages that are meant for our ears. \u00a0And this means, being present in those places where the messages are being offered up for our benefit. \u00a0Now.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am so often struck by the timeliness of the messages “I receive” at meetings. \u00a0My sponsor has said many times that when I am ready, I will hear the message, or the explicit direction from God, \u00a0that I have been prepared for. \u00a0I used to doubt her, but not any more. \u00a0I do hear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[49,80,81,87,97,196,214],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-your-experience-strength-and-hope","tag-co-dependency","tag-faith","tag-fear","tag-freedom-from-fear","tag-gods-presence","tag-sponsor","tag-we-are-where-we-need-to-be"],"yoast_head":"\nWe always hear what we need to hear if. . . | Karen Casey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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