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[blackadventuristas]

Have you ever wondered how @blackadventuristas came to be? Well tune in to @wedontsitoncouches the podcast on the @sansradio network! Episode 9 features @veronicagarnett, the founder of #BlackAdventuristas! Listen in as she openly shares her struggles with depression and mental illness and how embracing adventure helped her face her fears and live life fully! Tune in on #itunes: 🔗 in bio. And don't forget to subscribe and share! #wedontsitoncouches #livelovegodobe #fearisstupid #podcast (at CN Tower / La Tour CN)

[brickdust]

About two years ago I hd a whole season of "come to Jesus" moments. I guess I could call it my personal Damascus Road experience. In the span of a few months I experienced some drastic changes in my spiritual life. A lot of painful growth and pruning happened all at the same time. I found myself frequently overwhelmed with having to balance my new normal (new thinking and living and communicating) and re-introduce myself to the people who were already in my life. I had to give grace when I was in desperate need of it and had to be supportive when I felt like the Earth was about to crack open and swallow me whole. One thing that saved my life was meditating on the lessons of Byron Katie and Joyce Meyer. I realized that I was the source of my own pain and confusion. I allowed my emotions to rule me. I didn't see things for what they really were. I allowed my imagination to run wild and it would sometimes drag me to paranoia and insecurity. It wasn't until I got control of my thoughts and turned my heart completely towards the things of God (instead of my flesh and ego) that I realized that the mind truly is a battlefield. I understood what it meant to pray without ceasing. I had to train myself to interrupt negative thoughts and replace them with prayers or mantras or scriptures. I had to be consistent with that practice. I had to pray so much and so hard and I was so grateful when I found myself on the other side of my struggle. I felt my freedom when God said, "You already are who you are supposed to be. Let me love you for who you are. You be okay with that." And I finally saw my life for what it was supposed to be and started living it without apologies. I had allowed illusions to distract me from reality. Vain imaginations clouded the truth. I prayed for deliverance from those distractions and I continue to pray to maintain what I have received. I hope my testimony will encourage somebody to seek truth and to not be bound by emotions and opinions that aren't of God. Seek beauty and you'll find God. Shalom. #ilive #inspired #livelovegodobe #brickdust