The hardest thing sometimes is when you’re growing, when you’re refocusing, when you’re making changes for the better, the things you use to do, places you use to go, people who is use to the past version becomes now a temptation. Do I keep moving forward or do I sway to think it’s okay to move forward and still play with fire 🔥. Lesson I have to remind my self day by day is Stand Firm. You got to make up your mind on the direction you want to take and stick with it. As you develop, grow, change, transform, heal, forgive(yourself, past, people), and become better than you use to be, your mind set changes too. Your attitude, will power, inner being, perspective, and self awareness changes. There becomes a conflict between who you use to be and who you are now because those past things, people, places, conversations, habits, and experiences become your lessons not to turn back. The sooner you can turn the volume of those things off, the sooner you can break free. When your walk changes, your lifestyle becomes the change to where you are going. Those setbacks should not be able to control where you are now. When your standing and standards get firm, you develop a new willpower and vision to where you are going that the old can’t reattach. Stand firm and don’t waver. I stumbled in this area off an on until I made up in my mind that nothing and no one is worth my future or the best version of me. Today I make this a new and continuous dedication. I will continue to remove all things, people,and places that I know I no longer desire to be tempted to fall backwards when my life is moving forward to wholeness, healing, peace and a better me. Will we still fall short here and there and maybe in our new walk? YES but Grace and Mercy will cover you. Keep going and stand back upright and find your firmness and steadiness again. ❤️ ☮️ Joy 🥹

Exodus 14:13 fear not; stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will work for you today. Stand Firm

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