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Picking Up The Pieces
By Annagail Lynes, Fri Dec 9th
Picking Up The Pieces By Annagail Lynes, Fri Dec 9th
"My feelings have changed," my boyfriend of five years told meduring one of our nightly seven o'clock phone calls. "I don'tthink we should see each other anymore." His words hit me,probably worse than if he had just punched me in the stomach.The pain of being physically hit would eventually subside, butthe emotional pain that his words had left would be a battlewound I would carry with me from relationship to relationshipuntil it finally healed. I have had four steady boyfriends in mylife. Two of which I dumped, and two of which I was dumped by.In my experience, it is much worse being dumped than doing thedumping. When you are dumped, you feel like you are beingrejected, that you were somehow not good enough. Wen I wasfreelance writing, evitably I would be rejected either becausethe magazine didn't have enough room or because they did asimilar article. But I read an article that said, "Every articlehas a home. And when you receive a rejection letter, it is justsaying that your article lives at a different address." The sameis true with relationship. God has a person in mind for each ofus, so when we are dumped by one person, we can just cross thatone of our list. The one God has for us is still out there. Allwe have to do is find him or her. What's the old saying? Youhave to kiss a lot of toads before you find a prince. After Iwas dumped, I felt numb. Then the anger set in. My anger wasbuilding, and I was afraid if it wasn't released soon that Iwould explode like an active volcano, spewing destruction oneveryone and everything in my path. Ephesians 4:26 warns us to"Be ye angry, and sin not...," which indicates that anger initself is not a sin. It is what we do with that anger, that is. God gave us the emotion of anger as a built-in system thatflashes when evil is triumphing, such as when you see yourlittle sister being beat up by an older student at school orwhen you see one of your teachers abusing a classmate. What do we do with that anger? (Article continued below)
It is perhaps better to isolate yourself by taking a walk orgoing into your bedroom. When you are alone, tell God about yourproblems in detail
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and from the bottom of your heart. Godunderstands you better than you understand yourself. He knowswhat you should do and can offer you advice you never thoughtof. Just talk to Him as if you were talking to a friend. Then decide what course of action to take. Make sure it is anaction where you are able to handle your anger constructively.Punching someone out or telling a someone off is not handlingyour anger appropriately. Before trying counseling, find a good friend who will let youuse him as a sounding board. Someone you can call day or night,who will listen to you about your problems and feelings. Promiseto do the same for that person at some future time. If you can't find a friend to "vent" to, buy a journal. Somepeople find writing out their feelings in a private place whereno one else will see it helpful. I personally write my journalentries as prayers to God. Or write a letter to the object ofyour anger. Write everything you want to tell that person. Afteryou are done, either rip it up or put it through a papershredder. I do not suggest sending it to that person. When nothing else seems to work, seek counseling. Perhaps yourpastor could counsel you or refer you to someone who can. Try toget to a Christian counselor. One who is a mature believer. Hewill also need to be a good listener. A person who does notnecessarily solve your problems for you. No matter how my ex-boyfriend treated me, no matter what hesaid, it was still necessary for me to forgive him. I imagined my ex-boyfriend sitting on my couch and told him whyI was mad at him, made a decision to forgive him and to releasethe bitterness I felt toward him. Then I asked God to forgive mefor holding a grudge against him. Afterward, I felt one-hundredpercent better. Matthew 6:15 says "But if you do not forgive men their sins,your Father will not forgive your sins. " This shows how important it is to forgive, if we want God toforgive us. Even after you choose to forgive someone and givethe matter to God, you may still feel angry toward that person.It is not that you haven't forgiven him, it is just that yourfeelings haven't conformed to your decision yet. In time, yourfeelings will catch up. Your feelings are not an accurate judgeof what is true. In the meantime, Matthew 5:44 (KJV) gives us this advice, "But Isay unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, dogood to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefullyuse you, and persecute you." It will be hard at first, but stickwith it and your feelings of anger will have to flee. Don't be anxious to rush into a new relationship because youattract what you are. For example, if you are a hurting person,you attract hurting people. If you are a whole person, youattract whole people. Instead of jumping into another relationship, spend sometimeworking with God on you. When you love yourself just the way youare and have developed a relationship with God, then you will beable to attract a godly man who really loves you rather than aloser who will dump you for the next pretty thing that comesalong.
About the author: Annagail Lynes is editor of VisionHope Magazine. Shespecializes in writing articles for young adults about dating,school, parents, peer pressure and other youth-related issues.Get your Free Sample Issue of VisionHope, plus free articles andfree pen pal ads at http://visionhope.ontheweb.com |