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Detachment is stepping back from an experience in order to allow room for God to do his part.\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0I seldom remember, without some prodding that I initially resist, that God is a factor in every person\u2019s experience.\u00a0 My ego\u2019s first inclination is to think I am a necessary factor.\u00a0 And not just an ordinary one but the deciding one.\u00a0 Giving up control and letting God be the key influence in the lives of my loved ones is not easy.\u00a0 It takes trust.\u00a0 Not only trust in God but trust in others and in my own willingness to approach my experiences with all of them differently.<\/p>\n
The benefit of coming to believe that God is the key factor in every one\u2019s life is that it releases us of a heavy burden.\u00a0 Too many of us have tried to manage the lives of too many others for far too long.\u00a0 No one gains in that scenario.\u00a0 On the contrary, every one loses the peace that comes with turning our lives over to the care and guidance of a loving God. How well I know this to be true.<\/p>\n
In my first marriage I tried to force a husband into being devoted and under my constant control. \u00a0He left. \u00a0As any smart person would do. \u00a0And then I tried again, in relationship after failed relationship. \u00a0Then I found my own way into the rooms of recovery. \u00a0Al-Anon first and what an eye-opener. \u00a0Controlling no one was the key. \u00a0No one but myself, that is. \u00a0How things have changed.<\/p>\n
Marriage number two hasn’t always been easy but with constant attention to my willingness to let go has made for a peaceful partnership. \u00a0What more can any one want?<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Keeping a mental note of all of the times I step away from an experience that isn\u2019t mine to control will fill me with a sense of empowerment.\u00a0 What a great opportunity this will be today.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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Detachment is stepping back from an experience in order to allow room for God to do his part.\u00a0\u00a0I seldom remember, without some prodding that I initially resist, that God is a factor in every person\u2019s experience.\u00a0 My ego\u2019s first inclination is to think I am a necessary factor.\u00a0 And not just an ordinary one […]<\/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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-musings"],"yoast_head":"\n