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- Estrangement is really Adversity. One of the many trials we will have in our lives. Estrangement is an adversity we who are on this site share in common. Definition of Adversity: 1.distress; affliction; hardship 2.an unfortunate event or incident In...
- Estrangement is really Adversity. One of the many we will have in our lives. Estrangement is an adversity we who are on this site share in common.Definition of Adversity: 1.distress; affliction; hardship 2.an unfortunate event or incidentIn this...
- Today, I turned the radio on to a secular station while doing some house cleaning. I'd been thinking about all of us with estranged children, believers and non-believers. Suddenly, a praise song came on! The song was beautiful and a confirmation...
- There is always hope. Hope springs eternal. Hope is a healing spirit. Today, I wish each of you hope and I hope for the healing and restoration of your relationship(s) with your adult children.
- Together, as parents of adult children who have chosen to estrange, we can get through this. We can lift each other up. We can pray for each other and for our EC. We can overcome the darkness of estrangement. We can, together.
- For all of us who are traveling this journey of estrangement, I send to you today a hug, a prayer, a smile as we walk beside each other, lifting each other up no matter how we have chosen to deal with estrangement.
- I don't believe there is any excuse for adult children who choose to mistreat and estrange from their family. I no longer excuse the behavior or make excuses for how my adult child chose to behave. And I no longer make excuses for choosing to not...
- It's really all about forgiveness. No matter if our adult children haven't asked for it, God wants us to forgive. Yes, it hurts to be cut off by our adult children, but forgiveness is a powerful spiritual gift that leads to healing.God forgave us...
- Grateful that we and our adult children are in God's hands. Grateful that we can trust Him and put our hope in Him. Grateful that we can pray for our loved ones and know that He hears us. Grateful that He never stops looking fhat one lost sheep.
- Tonight, I found a meditation from a book called Today A Better Way that I wanted to share with all of you. I applied the language to address estrangement.From Mourning to RecoveryWhen my adult child first decided to become estranged, it felt as...
- Often, I get caught up in plans and outcomes. I plan things to the detail most times. I want everything to turn out just so. When my plans don't turn out as I thought they would even after careful planning, I am disappointed, angry or just plain...
- We may not see anything changing with estrangement. Our EC may be more distant than ever - geographically or emotionally. Our gestures at reconciliation may have been ignored. Some of us may have been cut off not only from them, but from...
- Today, some of us had severe weather storms in our area. The skies were dark and turbulent - there was rain, hail and in some places tornadoes. The sun came out now and then to remind us the storm would soon be over. In the meantime, we needed to do...
- We reconcile with God when we come before Him with repentance. Let's remember that there can be no reconciliation without repentance, which is not simply being sorry for our sin but turning from our sin. Our EC can only be reconciled to us when they...
- We can love an EC. We always will. We wish they were loving us and treating us well as we deserve. We wish they would have remorse and repent so that we could have true reconciliation. For many of us, that has not happened yet.Until then, won't...