How did it all go so wrong?
What once was a happy tune, now a mournful song
On top of the world one day, you were
The next, sitting slumped and unsure.
How does it go so quickly from this to that?
Now you’re wearing a different hat.
Turning away on the path as you slid back
to the old ways, down that same old track
A life known so abundantly
Gone in a flash so rapidly
Where freedom stood, now filled with chains
Addiction and seven others now remains
And though you’re gripped so tightly
You still have the chance to live up rightly
The ball is in your court, only in your hands
Your surrender, is all the King demands
Lift that heavy, weary foot
Walk to the altar, lay down every root
And again your house can be swept clean
And his promises and blessings will you glean.
A New Life 
I love your take on Matthew 12. 43-45
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
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Thanks Kathy. So true too.
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Good description of backsliding.
I have several pictures of “the belt of Truth.” My favorite is the belt worn by a mountain climber, attaching him to the one above him (or even the one at the top).
If he slips, he doesn’t slide all the way back down the mountain.
If he stumbles, he doesn’t fall to his death.
He just steadies himself with the belt still secure, stands up, and moves on. Stumbling, slipping doesn’t have to mean we’re finished, or even that we have to start all over at Square One. If we’re firmly connected to the One at the top, He will make our feet like hind’s feet and keep calling us to the higher places. 😉
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Thank you…so very creative!
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Thanks so much!
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Thank you:)
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Very nice! Blessings, Amy!
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Thank you! Blessings to you too!
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So much truth! I have seen many get clean and the go back to the “comfortable”. So sad to see a life full of joy and a renewed sense of worth…just disappear 😥
We (our Celebrate Recovery team) recently had a friend who went back and it was so saddening to hear. But what made it sadder…he was murdered because of a drug deal gone south 😦
It’s a fight Amy! The devil doesn’t let up.
Congratulations on hitting the 500 follower mark too 😎👏
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Awe so sad. Thanks for reading Stu!
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You’re welcome 🙂 How are the kids enjoying homeschool?
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We are adjusting. I will do an update on that when I can. Hubby and I celebrate our 10 year anniversary today. 10 years marks not only our marriage but our sobriety and our salvation
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Oh my gosh! Happy Anniversary! Happy Rebirth day! And congratulations on 10 years of sobriety!👏❤
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Out of the ashes, a heart knowing true surrender. A soul that will glean the promise, and a heart full… from so much blessing! God bless!
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Amen bro
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It’s sad to watch someone living in this condition. To see someone give their life to God and then just turn away…the latter becomes worse a lot of times.
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