Aug 30 Love or Validation

Affirmation: Peace and happiness are inside me.

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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: Personalize Psalm 34:10. What do you need? Talk to God about it. He is faithful. Seek Him.

“The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.34.10.NIV

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Guidepost for Wholehearted Living (Brené Brown)

Guidepost 5: Cultivating Intuition and Trusting Faith, Letting Go of the Need for Certainty

All humans have a craving for certainty and control.

But there’s only so much you ever can control in life. There’s a limit to the level of certainty you can experience. (Especially if you’re creating something new or meaningful.)

Which is why intuition and faith are so helpful. They’re powerful tools for navigating uncertain environments.

Intuition might seem a nebulous word. But it’s actually quite simple. Intuition is a cognitive process where your mind compares the situation you’re in with all the others you’ve ever experienced. This happens at a subconscious level, which is why it’s difficult to explain your intuitions and hunches.

As Brené Brown says, “Intuition is not a single way of knowing…it’s our ability to hold space for uncertainty and our willingness to trust the many ways we have developed knowledge and insight, including instinct, experience, faith, and reason.”

So if you want to get great at navigating uncertainty, cultivating your intuition and faith is essential.

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Mastering the Seven Decisions by Andy Andrew’s 

#2 The Guided Decision 

I will seek wisdom

Sometimes the questions are complicated, but the answers are simple.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on your understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will guide your steps. Prov. 3:5,6

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Walk in Grace. Live in Love. By Bob Goff
AUGUST 30 WE CAN’T GIVE AWAY LOVE FREELY IF WHAT WE’RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS VALIDATION. 
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. ROMANS 13:8 
I had a home in Washington, DC, for years, and some of my good friends are involved in politics. They’re dedicated to their country. They leave no room for doubt with their commitment and excellence. But when it comes to politicians I don’t know personally, like most people, I tend to feel suspicious. I’m sure they’re great people, but it’s hard to believe they’re genuine when you know they’re thinking about so many different things. My suspicions make it hard to believe they really care when they show up because they might be working all the angles, and I wonder if I’m just one of those angles. 
Politicians are an easy target, but if we’re honest, a lot of us do the same thing. Sometimes we compliment other people, hoping to endear them to us. Sometimes we show up for them when they need us because we have hidden motives. We can’t give away love freely if we’re secretly wanting something in return. 
We don’t need to be stingy with our love, treating it like currency that buys you something when it’s given and makes you bankrupt when it’s taken back. When we realize God’s already given us His unending love, we can give that kind of love away recklessly. 
Let’s make it a point to do a check-in with our motivations every so often. It’ll be a good reminder that God’s crazy about the people He created, and He’s using you to show them love with no strings attached. We won’t be able to give away love freely if what we’re really looking for is validation. 
What can you do today to love someone freely without expectation?