Crossing the Line to CRAZY…

SO, OK, I am wondering if some of you have been like me and have thought at one point in your life that you are CRAZY. (I am half kidding … half not.) 😉 And I am sure that some of you have thought at one point in time that this Carol-Woman IS crazy. LOL! But seriously, have you ever heard the often shared definition of what “CRAZY” is? Like when you:

“Choose to do the same thing over and over and over … and expect a different result.”

Does that sound familiar to anyone? Hmmmm…..

And is there anything that pops up in your mind that well, YOU have chosen to do over … and over … and over again? And how this THING drives into your life chaos, confusion and “out-of-controlness,” and yet?? You keep on doing it — therefore, the definition of CRAZY.

Ewww.… Ahhh.… OUCH.

I know, I know, I get that “sting” because that is something MY KING keeps bringing up to me: just how much, how often and how “CRAZY” I can be. ‘Cause there are things I keep choosing to do …..and REDO … and then? I swallow and wallow in the “ICK” of IT, while I truly HOPE and pray that the resulting consequences will ‘just go away’.

Does anyone else relate to what I am trying to say?

Well, I am not sure if there is anyone else out there saying “yes,” but that is my guess, because I read a word, from the WORD, about this very thing this very morning. And it goes like this:

“As a dog returns to vomit, so a FOOL repeats their folly” (Proverbs 26:11). 

Again, the definition of “CRAZY” comes to mind. 🙂

As do a few seasons when I was returning to “vomit” that I didn’t even KNOW was “vomit” …….yet. (Do you know what I mean?) But there was (and ARE) spaces and places that I now know are “vomit,” and I still go there — sometimes. But here is the great thing:

That while it used to be such a GREAT STRUGGLE to get the message across to me and to get me to finally focus on spending some time figuring out the real reason why I was repeat-doing part of my life ‘crazy’…

Well, where are some of those very things now? 

Thru time, and trial, and choosing plenty of NEW GOD-TRUTH choices that didn’t “FEEL good” at first, it truly has gotten so much easier. There has been so much learning and growth and changes and many, many, many choices to DO the opposite of what I “wanted” in that area, to consistently OBEY what GOD’s Word has to say, until??

Like I said to someone yesterday, that very thing that used to drive me “crazy,” that I used to do, and do all the time?? Now doesn’t even really cross my mind (or maybe only for a minute).

And that comes only after you choose to:

“CROSS the line to (a new!!) CRAZY.”

Yes, I now live, love, move, breathe and (best of all) 🙂 BELIEVE that GOD’S GUIDELINES will be the BEST line to build me into the BEST ME. And when I choose to take on the challenge to CHANGE my actions, when I choose to OBEY ALL the way to the bitter end (and that is  always the piece and part that is the HARDEST for my heart) then one day, boom! The peace I read about does come, the fulfilling relationships do come, and the things I thought were ‘most important’ slip down from NUMBER 1, and a new one pops into place:

Doing HIS CRAZY callings until they don’t feel CRAZY anymore: no longer a chore, but what I ADORE.

Yes, I am so glad HE keeps showing me, with my old ways, how CRAZY I can be — but now how much better HIS ways to “CRAZY” and what that really means. 🙂

Thanks for your time today, TEAM. Would love to hear if you ever have felt crazy,  what drives you crazy, and any of your comments on what IS ‘CRAZY…..Can’t wait to hear from you , today!!………..from: Crazy-Carol 😉

Ps: check out Phillipians 4:8-9 to read and SEE and dare to believe just what may come IF you choose to OBEY HIS CRAZY until you BELIEVE….

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