When breaking the pattern makes you look disloyal

Colossians 3:13

Forgiveness is part of following Christ, but it does not erase wisdom.

When breaking the pattern makes you look disloyal. This is where faith gets practical. Pay attention to the sentence your mind writes next. Is it telling you that you are unwanted, unsafe, behind, foolish, trapped, or forgotten? That sentence matters because repeated thoughts eventually start sounding like facts. Family history explains some things, but it does not get to prophesy your future. Jesus Christ can interrupt what has repeated for generations. One honest decision under the lordship of Jesus Christ can be the beginning of a completely different pattern.

What would you advise someone you love to do if they were standing where you are?

Jesus Christ, I release my need to control how this turns out. Help me steward what You actually placed in my hands and trust You with what You did not. Amen.

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