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3 Bonus Tips

            10 Tips for handling a blindsided break up with as much Grace as possible... Pt. 2 11. Get Plugged in . Find friends, whether they are new or old, and invest. We were created for relationships/community and without it, we are cutting ourselves off from a life source. Jump in with two feet and don't look back. Find a good community with people that are safe and will lift you up. Don't be afraid to open up to them and let them in. Let them help you keep your heart from hardening. 12. Do NOT compare . Don't look at a picture of the person or hear how they are doing and compare where you think they are (or where they really are) to where you are, good or bad. Comparison destroys. You are working on you now. You are growing and working on changing the yucky things in your own life around and the Lord is going to work on you in his timing. And he is going to work on their life in his timing as well. Do not compare your process because it is solely...

A blindsided breakup and God's grace

    Before jumping in, hear me when I say that I do not believe I have the 100% right answers to any of this but I do think the things I have to say will be able to help even a tiny bit. I hope what you're about to read gives you a glimpse of hope, a drop of affirmation, and feels like a caring hug that says "keep going, you're doing wonderfully".      10 Tips for dealing with a blindsided break up with as much grace as possible 1. Deal with it . Allow yourself to deal with it. Process it and all of it. Cry, yell, sleep, grieve, cry some more, question, feel every single emotion to it's fullest extent and get it all out there. It's 100000% okay to not be okay. Eat the ice cream and cry yourself to sleep for a little while. 2. (But not by much) Seek the Lord . Turn all of that emotion to him (He already knows it). Repeat the process but seek him in it this time. Say your cuss words and your rawest feelings, he can take them. Let your wounded heart be held...