Where the Shoulds Come From
Blog readers, Does it feel like I am a one topic soapbox sometimes? I feel like I am, no matter where I'm at spiritually it seems I always come up against the same wall of performance. I do believe that we get caught up early in life in a lie that the rest of our journey towards being more Christlike has to correct. For me that is perfectionism, Type-A, achievement. I'll aways come back to this topic on my blog in some form or another. It's the times when I have the most time to reflect and rest that I feel that tendency the most. When the pull of where I am and where I want to be causes tension. Here is an expert from my journal today. I hope it blesses you! Lately I've been feeling burdened by guilt. Not conviction. That is a huge distinction because as I've paid more attention to my inner voice I feel like there are a lot of "should" rolling around in my head. Nothing from the Lord, where He is directing me ...