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Pot Epiphanies: God’s love frees me from having to prove myself.

Releasing the Burdens (Love Conquers All)

Along the way a fierce, unconditional love finally conquered my fear of making deep, meaningful connections. Conquering that fear released much of my anger and frustration, rolling the heavy burden from my heart, leaving it naked and vulnerable and ready to make connections—connections with the people around me, my environment, my world, and ultimately, my God.

This has turned my world upside down. The new openness of my heart has prepared me for exciting experiences and unexpected connections.

Sometimes when I gaze into the chasm filled with these new possibilities I still feel those fears tapping me on the shoulder. But I have discovered that these possibilities are exhilarating, like sky diving into a bottomless abyss—a heart-pumping, adrenaline-filled experience.

So join me as I strap on my parachute and dive into a new life filled with amazing possibilities. Get ready to fully experience this joyful journey through deep, meaningful connections.

Naked and Vulnerable (Thoughts from the Pot): Before we can truly open our hearts to making deep, life-changing connections, we must relinquish our heavy burdens of pain, guilt, and anger—we must tear down the crippling walls of hatred.

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Pot Epiphanies:  If we analyzed our actions we would discover that many are directly driven by our deep desire to make meaningful connections.

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Quick Quote: A wise person knows that to understand all would be to forgive all; so he does.
~Randy R. Reed

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Bible Blessings: The deepest desire of every human heart is to know its Creator. Do this, and you will know true happiness. ~Psalm 37:4 (Randy Reed Paraphrased Version)

Craving Connections (Stepping Forward)

Along the way I’ve been awash with deep fear—a fear of making true connections. I nursed that fear, using it as the cornerstone to build a fortress around my heart—carefully crafting stones of anger and frustration to fill in the gaps. Still, I was engulfed by an aching desire to honestly and deeply connect. But my fear-fueled wall-building continued, keeping me from the one thing I desired most—connections.

In my emptiness I reached out, touching others with my heavy hand of anger, my fiery tongue of frustration, and the full body of my hate. I was desperately reaching out to make some kind of connection. I believed that relationships filled with anger and hate were far better than isolation.

The truth is, no amount of anger, frustration, hate, money, possessions, intelligence, or even knowledge can truly satisfy our God-created craving to connect.

So join me on my joyfully journey as I courageously set aside my fear. Then I can begin creating deep, meaningful connections by reaching out to my husband, my sisters, my parents, my coworkers, my neighbors, and to the stranger standing next to me in the checkout line.

Naked and Vulnerable (Thoughts from the Pot): God created within each of us a profound yearning to be connected to Him.

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Quick Quote: The only way to have a friend is to be one. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson