{"id":25567,"date":"2020-05-20T14:18:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T20:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=25567"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:28:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:28:07","slug":"ive-got-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/ive-got-this\/","title":{"rendered":"“I’ve Got This!!!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I’ve Got This!!!”\u00a0 (Borrowed with permission from the Southwest District Superintendent’s Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Said Someone Who Was Clueless<\/p>\n

But Wait\u2026<\/p>\n

Are things not going according to Plan<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Oh, the treasures we have learned from the 2020 pandemic. Number one among those is to \u201cFocus on Jesus and follow his plan.” Number two among those is, \u201cWe Are Better Together.” Yes, we had those themes before the pandemic. But our appreciation has grown exponentially through experiencing the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Learning from the future-self<\/h3>\n

Our daughter shared with us a newly circulating humorous video portraying a woman four months ago being contacted by her future-self. The future-self is from today\u2019s timeframe. The future-self informs the woman\u2019s self of four months ago she has come to give her a message. She says she has both good news and bad news. Then she asks the woman\u2019s self of four months ago which she wants to hear first, the good news or the bad news?<\/p>\n

The woman chooses to hear the good news first and during the interview discovers all the things she thinks would be important are insignificant and things she could never have conceived have taken control of her reality.\u00a0 Likewise, all her carefully laid plans and jobs are now not even remotely important and in fact, she doesn\u2019t even have a job in 4 months, but she has plenty of time on her hands to do nothing except what she chooses to do alone.<\/p>\n

The woman learns she has control of knowing she is not in control.<\/p>\n

Five things we cannot change<\/h3>\n

In his book\u00a0The Five Things We Cannot Change<\/i><\/a>, author David Richo suggests we reframe the notion of assuming control by adopting an alternative view:\u201cWe do not let go of control; we let go of the belief we have control.\u201d<\/p>\n

The five things we cannot change according to David Richo are depicted in the following conditions:<\/p>\n

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    1. Everything changes and ends.<\/li>\n
    2. Things do not always go according to plan.<\/li>\n
    3. Life is not always fair.<\/li>\n
    4. Pain is a part of life.<\/li>\n
    5. People are not loving and loyal all the time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      But WAIT!<\/p>\n

      There is someone in control. The ONE in control is God<\/a> and oftentimes God is preparing us for what is going to happen next.<\/p>\n

      [bctt tweet=”There is someone in control. The ONE in control is God… – Chip Hinds”<\/p>\n

      President Loren Stacy shared the following YouVersion Bible blog with us today. It is from their April 28, 2020 blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

      Does life feel out of control? Remember these 3 things:<\/h3>\n