#backsliding

[multiplicity-positivity]

Here’s some positivity for headmates who have regressed or “gotten worse!”

Life in a system and in general can often be very challenging. It can be painful or disheartening to see yourself or your system member regress or lose progress after making strides to improve. But regressing happens to everyone from time to time, and should not be an indicator of self-worth in any way! So here’s to all the headmates out there who have gotten worse recently, whatever that looks like for them!

🎶 Shoutout to headmates who have recently lost skills or forgot how to do things that they used to do daily!

🍂 Shoutout to headmates who are no longer able to perform the duties associated with their system role!

🌹 Shoutout to autistic systems with headmates who have recently experienced autistic regression!

🍊 Shoutout to headmates who have backslid in their recovery or relapsed in their struggles with addiction!

🌻 Shoutout to headmates who have regressed due to being traumatized or retraumatized!

☘️ Shoutout to headmates who have recently gotten worse with no real reason or discernible cause!

🦋 Shoutout to headmates who have begun to struggle more with emotional regulation or processing and getting along with the other members of their system!

🍇 Shoutout to headmates who have regressed gradually, and to those whose regression was a sharp and sudden decline!

🌸 Shoutout to headmates whose symptoms of mental or physical illness and/or disabilities have recently gotten more severe!

🕊 Shoutout to headmates whose abilities to communicate and interact with the rest of their system has recently declined!

Friends, even if you’ve recently regressed, backslid, or gotten worse in any way, you are still worthy of love and respect just the way you are. There’s nothing wrong with regressing, and it’s a more common experience for everyone than you may think! Backsliding doesn’t mean you’ll always be going backwards. It doesn’t mean you’re incapable of making positive progress in the future.

If you’re a headmate who has recently gotten worse in any way, please know that we care about you and we truly hope that things get better for you very soon. Your life still has value and you are still an important member of your system and the plural community just the way you are! Know that we’re rooting for you and wishing you the very best in all that you do. Thanks so much for reading, and take care!

[hale-my-nathan]

Trump Weird News - David French: HISTORIC PROSPECTIVE

[howifeltabouthim]

I could sense old weaknesses returning, the discomfort of ailments I liked to think recovered.

Abigail Dean, from The Death of Us

[thomastanker02]

When the son sets you free, you are free indeed. You are free from your old way of life; from selfishness, envy, greed, lust, etc. You are now a new creation in Christ, and you have been given new life through the power of the Holy Ghost.

With all that said, if we are really free in Christ, does that mean God condones everything we do, and we are free to do whatever we want?

Certainly not!

A common tactic of the enemy is to convince you to abuse the Lord’s grace and forgiveness. God will forgive me no matter what, so I might as well sin and ask for forgiveness later. This behavior is by no means pleasing to God, and will not lead into eternal life.

Imagine if you had a wife/husband who would constantly betray your trust and do you wrong at every turn, knowing that you would forgive them no matter what. This is how we treat the Father when we have this mindset. He is the groom, and we, his church, are his bride.

God compares idolatry to adultery in the Old Testament. When the Israelites worshipped other gods, they were essentially cheating on God in the same way an unfaithful spouse would cheat on you. When we sin, we become slaves to sin instead of slaves to Christ. We put ourselves and our pleasure over him and his will for us. In this way, we are practicing adultery in the same fashion of ancient Israel.

When we sin, we worship ourselves instead of the Lord.

Paul explains that we should use our new found freedom in Christ to live the way that Christ has freed us to (Galatians 5:13). Freedom in Christ means freedom from the old way of life, and now possessing the ability to love God, and others, above ourselves.

Doesn’t using our freedom to love others make the love we show them more real?

Christ has set us free from sin, we must not return to our old way of life. We must not be prisoners returning to our cells when someone else took our sentence.

We love God, why not act like it?

God bless, Jesus loves you ✝️❤️

[winsel]

From 1991 movie Backsliding. Tim as Tom 'The Mechanic'.

The Subtitles are Dutch, it came 'pinned' on the dvd. Translation from left to right, up and down: 1: Everyone has good in them 3: Alison will help you, she is a nurse. The microwave isn't working. Is the door closed? 4: I'll go to sleep. You haven't seen the power plant. We've done a great job.

[kingoftheu]

Me when the Main Character has learned the lesson of the Episode but it's not quite half over.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Wise Woman

1 Every wise woman buildeth her house, but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD, but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth Him. 3 The mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve him. 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase comes by the strength of the ox. 5 A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will utter lies. 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom and findeth it not, but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is to be deceived. 9 Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor. 10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 15 The simple believeth every word, but the prudent man looketh well to his going. 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil, but the fool rageth and is confident. 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of wicked devices is hated. 18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 19 The evil bow before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich hath many friends.

21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth, but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. 22 Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. 23 In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly. 25 A truthful witness delivereth souls, but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. 26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence, and His children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death. 28 In a multitude of people is the honor of the king, but the lack of people is the destruction of the prince. 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, but he that honoreth Him hath mercy on the poor. 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, but the righteous hath hope in his death. 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding, but that which is innermost in fools is made known. 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a wise servant, but his wrath is against him that causeth shame. — Proverbs 14 | Third Millennium Bible (TMB) Third Millennium Bible, New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Cross References: Leviticus 5:7; Ruth 4:11; 1 Samuel 2:36; 2 Samuel 19:7; Job 8:15; Job 21:25; Job 28:28; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 36:4; Psalm 41:1; Psalm 109:17; Psalm 144:14; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 10:22; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 12:6; Proverbs 17:4; Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 29:11; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Isaiah 33:6; Habakkuk 3:16; Matthew 24:45; Matthew 25:40; Romans 6:21; 1 Corinthians 3:19; James 1:19; James 4:9; Revelation 1:5

[albertfinch]

Daily Meditations And Affirmations - November 17, 2024

Word of Knowledge -- God will allow us to feel a sensation or impression in our body that reveals someone else's injury or sickness. While praying for someone, we may begin to feel an unusual sensation in our body that was not present prior to praying. This is a specific condition that needs healing. We can then speak this word of knowledge to them and minister healing as their faith is heightened. Many times God will allow us to feel in our own soul what someone else is experiencing. We might feel a grief or a sorrow as we pray for someone in a meeting or for a waitress at a restaurant. God is allowing us to feel what they are feeling so that we can minister to them. As we recognize and identify these prophetic feelings, we can see people healed and delivered.

We need that holy revelation that will take away the mist from our eyes and reveal Jesus. Every day must be a day of advancement. If you have not made any advancement since yesterday, in a measure you are backsliding. We must catch the vision of the Master day-by-day. We must destroy everything that is not holy, for God wishes to seat us on high.

Questions to ask myself:

Is my passion for discipling believers into a higher knowledge of Jesus and their Christ identity in God’s advancing Kingdom growing in my prayer closet and in the marketplace?

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

[possforeffect]

People who think that someone who backslides while trying to improve their life hasn't gotten better are the same type of people who think that the Joker was right in the Killing Joke, and that you are only as good as your lowest point.

Fuck those type of people. I'm trying to keep it together and get better. Sometimes I slip. But I get back up.

[daughter-of-mary]

[tom4jc]

Jeremiah 3:6 Are You Backsliding Like Israel?

The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.” Jeremiah 3:6 As a person grows older, they usually begin to mature and act differently than as a child. They learn how to act as an adult and give up childish ways. Some, however, go back to…

[howifeltabouthim]

. . . the sight of a man I perceived to be him was enough to instantly throw me back into the raptures of love.

Anna Biller, from Bluebeard's Castle

[c0lllettte]

i almost forgot the joys of being drunk this shit good af

[winsel]

Backsliding Part 2

[bills-bible-basics]

PRODIGAL SON -- a poem and song by Bill Kochman #Backslide #Backslidden #Poem To see other poems related to this one, and to listen to the actual song, go to: https://www.billkochman.com/Poetry/index.html#Bible-Stories "Backsliding" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse088.html Article: "Backsliding, Divine Chastisement and the Divine Agreement": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/backsld1.html Article: "Beholding the Evil and the Good": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/evilgd-1.html Article: "Do You Want Love and Light, or Rod and Wrath?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/lovelit1.html Article: "Love, Mercy, Forgiveness and Chastisement": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/forgiv-1.html "God's Loving Chastisements" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse134.html Article: "The Judgment of Angels, Demons and Men": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/judgang1.html Article: "Are Personal Tragedies Due to Sin?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/tragedy1.html "Lift Up Hands in Praise" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse046.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/prodigal-son-a-poem-by-bill-kochman/?PRODIGAL%20SON%20--%20a%20poem%20and%20song%20by%20Bill%20Kochman

[get-notes-on-life]