The Journey Within-The Guard Is UP

I am a Grandma now, and this journey of healing has been going on for years. I am remembering back to one of the first areas that the Lord brought to my attention was the need to let the guard down. I struggled with letting others in because of the pain. I was afraid that if I let someone in they would hurt or take advantage of me. I put up a brave front! I had the walls up around my heart. The person you should be able to trust takes advantage of you, and then the guard comes up. I have noticed over the years that the guard can show in many ways. I have known women who seemed overly aggressive and critical, shy and standoffish, positive and annoyingly cheerful. The amazing thing about God is HE takes us just as we are! We cannot heal ourselves, but the Lord can go inside, and begin the process of taking down the layers around the heart! ONLY HE CAN TRULY HEAL AND SET FREE! Self help can only take you so far! God knows what we need even when we do not know the next step! I realize the process of letting God in and releasing our control is hard! Mainly because we want to be in control haha! Really though are we in control! Think about it!!! We are a mess and only God can begin to clean up the mess!!!! People have free will and with that free will brings about a lot of bad choices unfortunately. The junk that happens in our lives is not God punishing us! I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LET THE GUARD DOWN AND LET THE LORD IN! God loves you so much!!! He wants the best for you always!