Walk Away

I am learning so much from my no dating fast! Today God actually taught me a lesson through a dream. Well I think I was half sleep half awake. Anyways, I learned last night that running from your problems won't solve them but sitting in them doesn't help either. I also learned that running away and walking away are two different things.

See I was running away from my problem. There was a guy who I honestly wanted to get away from but I felt like it was impossible. No matter what I did he was still there (verge of stalking lol) so I believed that I just had to deal with it. However, last night God taught me that he's still there because I allow him to be; I'm still maintaining a relationship with him without even realizing it.

Let me explain.

By responding to his texts and sly comments, and by thinking about what he's going to do next I'm maintaing the relationship. The relationship is there because I allow him to occupy a constant space in my mind.

Last night I learned that I have complete control. By thinking about him, avoiding him, and running away I was giving him control over my emotions and my day. However, now by walking away I'm walking away from the temptation to care about what he thinks about me or what he's going to do next. By walking away I am removing myself from the relationship and by doing that I am ending the relationship. How? Well, you can't have a relationship with just one person it's a mutual thing between 2 or more.

So, what I'm saying is although a person may never completely go away that doesn't mean you have to deal with their mess. If you are in a relationship right now that isn't good for you or healthy for you I encourage you to walk away. Stop replying to the texts, stop checking their social media, and stop allowing them to take up space in your mind. Fill that space that they once occupied with scripture of  God's love.

Here's a few beautiful scriptures to get you started off

Matthew 6:28, 30 Look at the wildflowers in the field... If God makes what grows in the field so beautiful, what do you think he will do for you? It's just grass -- one day alive, and the next day someone throws it into a fire. But God cares enough to make it beautiful. Surely he will do much more for you. (ERV)

Romans 8:39 I'm absolutely convinced that nothing — nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable — absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love. (MSG)