Footsteps To Freedom

Mother’s Day is coming. There will be lot of wrapped gifts in beautiful packages and all these wonderful smiles and laughter when the presents are open. There will be flowers, candy, housecoats, and robes. There will be diamonds and pearls given in “love.” After the festivities we go to our perspective homes and look at our gifts, and we are grateful. But then the day is over, and we are back to our lives and if we are being honest, we know that those gifts were not because they loved us or cherished us. They gave them to us to make them look good in the eyes of John Q Public!

Now this is not to say that gifts given are not sincere, but it does beg the question of at what cost will a person going through a toxic and abusive relationship pay for those gifts? We know in the back of our minds; he is going to taunt us and tell us we do not deserve any of it. He is going to tell us we are bad mothers, and our children are just as bad. He is going to laugh at us break our favorite items, just because. And then, he will take our gifts away.

We should not mind. We have gifts that only God can give use. The most precious gift come from within. We do not know our gifts exist. We walk on eggshells. We cannot think because we do not know how. He reminds us of every day. We cannot initiate our gifts. We are nothing! We stay because it is all that we know. We do not want to start over. We know this pain and it is familiar and we have become comfortable with it. We know the pain it brings but we do not know how to get rid if it. But our gifts are threatening to surface.

And the next time they threaten to surface, control how you respond. Embrace the gifts God gave you; We all have them. Groom them, mold them and shape them. Do not be afraid of your gifts. “Therefore, I remind you to stir ups the gifts of God.” (2 Timothy 1:6). God did not give us the spirt of fear but of a sound mind. A sound mind will allow you to see that person you entrusted to be your leader has become your abuser. You do not have to stay there. Unpack your Gifts and let them lead you to your path of freedom!