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You Are Not What Happened To You · Brain Spa

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  What happened to you was real, but it was never meant to become
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  your identity. Pain is an event.
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  Victimhood is a decision. Today's scripture is coming from
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  Psalms chapter #9 verse 9, and this is the NIV.
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  And it reads, The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a
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  stronghold in times of trouble. Let's go deeper.
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  Life will hit unfair situations, disrespect, lost moments that
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  don't make sense. That part is unaffordable.
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  But staying stuck in what happened?
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  That's where power gets handed away.
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  Because being a victim is not just about what you went
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  through. It's about what you keep
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  rehearsing, what you keep identifying with, what you keep
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  using as permission not to move forward.
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  You don't understand what they did to me, you might say.
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  That might be true, but your entire identity is built around
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  that moment. You're letting it define your
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  future more than it defines your past.
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  God didn't just promise protection, He said He will be
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  your refuge. A place you run to, not a place
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  you stay stuck in. Your identity cannot be reduced
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  to your wounds. What happened to you is an
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  experience, not your essence. Wisdom teaches that no condition
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  is permanent. Even suffering is a passage, not
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  a destination. You have the ability to move
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  forward without being controlled by pain.
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  That means you can acknowledge what hurt you without becoming
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  it. You can feel it without folding
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  under it. You can heal without rehearsing
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  it forever because at some point, healing requires a
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  decision like I will not let this define me anymore.
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  And here's today's reflection moment.
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  Think about this today. Where have I been identifying
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  more with my pain than with my power?
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  What story do I keep saying and rehearsing that keeps me stuck?
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  And here says declaration. Repeat this after me.
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  I am not what happened to me. I refuse to live from a place of
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  defeat. I have the power to move
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  forward, will try to break me, will build me.
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  And here's today's prayer that thank you, that you are our
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  refuge and not our limitation. Give us the strength to release
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  the identity of being a victim and the clarity to walk in what
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  you've created us to be. Heal what still hurts, but don't
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  let us hold on to it. Empower us to move forward with
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  strength, wisdom and with peace. Thank you for covering us in
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  every way possible and making sure that we're all wholly
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  complete with nothing missing, broken or lactic.
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  Continue to protect our loved ones and everyone who is near
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  dear to our hearts without need for these things and is in a
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  mass sustained of Jesus to Christ.
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  Unto we do expect all of these things we pray.
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  Amen. God bless y'all.
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  I love you and I hope you have a fantastic day today.
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  Y'all take care. One last thought.
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  You don't dishonor your pain by moving forward.
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  You prove your pain didn't win.