This morning several people are meeting at my house for the first of 6 weeks of preparing ourselves to lead study groups on the book, The Life Model: Living From the Heart Jesus Gave You. Before we lead other people in a study, we want to do the work ourselves. Well, "want to" may not be the proper phrase..."need to" is better. Because honestly, I'm not sure I want to!
I have discovered this about myself: I do work on issues in my life and start to feel better and get better. So I kind of get comfortable, and stop when I get to some core issues I don't really want to deal with.
It's kind of like when you start taking an antibiotic, and you feel better, so you stop taking it, and then get sicker!
I am an "isolator" when I am hurting. I don't like to ask for help. I don't really want to answer to anyone else. The book deals with this issue and says that real healing is designed by God to take place most often in community, where we make ourselves accountable to other people, and where we give and receive JOY.
I am excited and yet filled with some trepidation. I'll let you know how it goes during the next 6 weeks.
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