I Am the Audience part 2

    If you read I Am the Audience and loved it, I'm glad. If you found that you were a lot like the person in that story, you were probably thinking something along the lines of: "Ok, good, some one like me that understands and can feel sorry for me because I have a hard life." If you thought anything that remotely suggested that, oh man, you were so wrong. I don't mean to be rude but that's just the way it is. If you are like the person in the story of I Am the Audience, you might stop reading this now. If that idea even crossed your mind, I strongly urge you to KEEP READING! You may be in a hard place right now but that is NO EXCUSE to dwell in that! We probably all have our moments where we feel like the world is crashing down on us and we're all alone. There is nothing wrong with that, the problem is staying in that place and not working to come out of it. Yes, life is hard and we're hurt sometimes but it is not okay to hold all of that inside to grow and expand. Sometimes as people, that leads to not being able to trust other people, which is not healthy at all! Sure you could have had a bad experience or two where somebody you loved and trusted failed you. It hurts, I know! But we have to learn how to come out of it and trust again. There is a reason bad things happen to us, we usually don't know why it's happening but sometimes we find out later on. We may never know. But there is a reason and we need to learn to trust God to get us through it. There's that word again...trust. But it's SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DO! Here are six lies the enemy tells us about being pks:

1) God doesn't care about you, if he did, you wouldn't have such a hard life.
2) It's okay to not trust.

3)It's okay to be bitter.
4)It's okay to hate.
5) You can't  break down in front of anybody.
6) You have to be perfect.

    You don't even have to be a pk to think these things, us as humans are prone to believe them. They are such awful lies that if you believe them, they will only make your life miserable. Satan will do anything it takes to make you believe them so you can't make a difference in the world... Don't let him. So how can you keep away from believing these lies? Let's start with 1: God doesn't care about you, if he did, you wouldn't have such a hard life. If you find yourself believing this lie, deep in your heart you probably know how COMPLETELY UNTRUE that is. God loves you SO MUCH! I know, you probably hear that "Jesus loves you!" so many times you'd punch the next person who tells you that but it's so true! God wants to have a relationship with you, isn't that amazing? I think it is!
    The second lie is that it's okay to not trust. This is a harder one to get over. It's so easy to believe sometimes! If you were hurt by some one you trusted this can be especially hard. Start out by praying, this is hard. Talk to God about what happened that made it hard for you to trust, pour out your heart to him. He'll listen to you and won't hurt you later on. After beginning to trust God, the next step is to trust people - even harder. Starting with your parents is the best thing you can do. Ask them to help you work through it and pray with you. It will be hard but so worth it!

(To be continued)

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