"Son of man, can these bones live?"
Ezekiel 37:1-9, 3:4-10
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, you know." 4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5 Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live." 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
4 Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them. 5 For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language but to the house of Israel. 6 [You are] not [being sent] to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. No doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted. 8 Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. 9 I have made your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Don't be afraid of them or discouraged by [the look on] their faces, even though they are a rebellious house."
10 Next He said to me: "Son of man, listen carefully to all My words that I speak to you and take [them] to heart.
TRANSISTION/ACCEPTANCE-SELF LOVE
I went through my process of letting go of a bad relationship it hurt. Going through, growing through, and living on the other side was like shedding skin.
The reason why it hurt me was because of my commitment raised my tolerance level to pain. I did do the necessary footwork to plant a seed for growth inwardly. I cried about this and prayed and GOD revealed to me almost as an epiphany experience. That I truly did love this person with his defects and assets too, but if he wasn't willing to acknowledge that there exist a problem how could he become willing to change his ways. I wasn't willing to come down to his level and he wasn't capable of meet me halfway.
Well, I had to change, my mind, my attitude towards him which evolved from resentment to forgiveness.I held onto the relationship even after he had left, hoping for an apology or closure waiting for his voice to say he's wrong... Wasn't growing it was lingering(wallowing inside my head);Ultimately, I would still be in a relationship. All by myself, with a ex-lover living rent free inside of my emotions, my mind I couldn't begin any new romance. Until I could Let Go of the former relationship completely to allow my heart, mind, and body to finally go back in sync.
I stood up and trusted what GOD has purposed for me that I'm to be honored, adored, loved just as HE loves me and that I'm an exceptionally gifted Black Woman with much to offer.
Let GO Let GOD
Finally, GOD allowed me to mature to a level of self acceptance to become willing myself to change and let HIM work on me.... I'm a Kings daughter who deserves the best GOD grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (other folks) and the courage to change the things that I can (me), and the WISDOM to know the difference. Stop trying to get folks to come up to where you're at if you lack patience to allow them to grow.
Don't let anyone with a personality disorder affect your life. They can cause harm.. Words do hurt and over time and can Mame....
Believe in yourself enough know your value despite what anyone says. I know most men often when they're angry of cornered love to refer to us Ladies as "ah you crazy" and use all sorts of superlatives to support such asscine behavior when the conversations get serious or when they can't respond rationally.
For some males this is a defense mechanism what other best way to stop the dialog is by means of offense "ATTACK, push the button" out comes the buzz words that tend to take you most of us off our square. Poof here comes "Crazy" we often play right into their hands... well Stand! Stand firm in all your convictions and don't let nobody bring you down...
Read the article below for it's content. Love yourself enough to not disregard the material try to open your mind up to this.
Personality Disorders and Relationships
List of personality disorders defined in the DSM
The DSM-IV lists ten personality disorders, grouped into three clusters. The DSM also contains a category for behavioral patterns that do not match these ten disorders, but nevertheless exhibit characteristics of a personality disorder. This category is labeled Personality Disorder NOS (Not Otherwise Specified).
Cluster A (odd or eccentric disorders)
Paranoid personality disorder: characterized by irrational suspicions and mistrust of others
Schizoid personality disorder: lack of interest in social relationships, seeing no point in sharing time with others
Schizotypal personality disorder: also avoids social relationships, though out of a fear of people
Cluster B (dramatic, emotional, or erratic disorders)
Antisocial personality disorder: "pervasive disregard for the law and the rights of others."
Borderline personality disorder: extreme "black and white" thinking, instability in relationships, self-image, identity and behavior
Histrionic personality disorder: "pervasive attention-seeking behavior including inappropriate sexual seductiveness and shallow or exaggerated emotions"
Narcissistic personality disorder: "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy"
Cluster C (anxious or fearful disorders)
Avoidant personality disorder: social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation and avoidance of social interaction
Dependent personality disorder: pervasive psychological dependence on other people.
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (not the same as obsessive-compulsive disorder): characterized by rigid conformity to rules, moral codes, and excessive orderliness
History
The concept of personality disorders goes back to at least the ancient Greeks,[2] and even earlier to the ancient Egyptians, such as the Ebers papyrus.[3]
Various types of personality disorders were later described by medieval Arabic psychological thinkers,[4][5] and many more have been discovered in modern times.
Studies on clusters
A study of almost 600 male college students, averaging almost 30 years of age and who were not drawn from a clinical sample, examined the relationship between childhood experiences of sexual and physical abuse and presently reported personality disorder symptoms. Childhood abuse histories were found to be definitively associated with greater levels of symptomatology. Severity of abuse was found to be statistically significant, but clinically negligible, in symptomatology variance spread over Cluster A, B and C scales.[6]
Child abuse and neglect consistently evidence themselves as antecedent risks to the development of personality disorders in adulthood.[citation needed] In this particular study, efforts were taken to match retrospective reports of abuse with a clinical population that had demonstrated psychopathology from childhood to adulthood who were later found to have experienced abuse and neglect. The sexually abused group demonstrated the most consistently elevated patterns of psychopathology. Officially verified physical abuse showed an extremely strong role in the development of antisocial and impulsive behavior. On the other hand, cases of abuse of the neglectful type that created childhood pathology were found to be subject to partial remission in adulthood.[7]
In 2005, psychologists Belinda Board and Katarina Fritzon at the University of Surrey, UK, interviewed and gave personality tests to high-level British executives and compared their profiles with those of criminal psychiatric patients at Broadmoor Hospital in the UK. They found that three out of eleven personality disorders were actually more common in managers than in the disturbed criminals:
histrionic personality disorder: including superficial charm, insincerity, egocentricity and manipulation
narcissistic personality disorder: including grandiosity, self-focused lack of empathy for others, exploitativeness and independence.
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: including perfectionism, excessive devotion to work, rigidity, stubbornness and dictatorial tendencies.
They described the business people as successful psychopaths and the criminals as unsuccessful psychopaths.
GOD Bless til next time
Pray for eternal Peace, Grace, and #SHOWSOMELOVE
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