We Are Like the God We Worship [171]

Flying Free

Natalie Hoffman

Emotional, Spiritual, Narcissism, Self-improvement, Marriage, Abuse, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Divorce, Christianity, Education

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🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

I have a confession. I’m a recovering asshole. Years ago, I had a friend. Her husband cheated on her. Then, he did it again. He kept cheating on her. He wasn’t sorry. Do you know what I told her to do? Stay with him. Pray and stay. Worse, I was proud to tell her this advice. Because I was God’s girl scout, and I knew best. Now, I can easily imagine the grief and further pain my words and assumptions added to her heartbreak. I thought everything was black and white. A + B = C, every time. Life was a math problem, and I had the answer. Boy, did I eat crow (and that’s just one example). But in many ways, I’m no different than everybody else. And there IS an equation that applies to us all: Our thoughts make our feelings. Our feelings make our beliefs. And our beliefs make us. We become what we believe. We are like the god we worship. What’s your god like? And what do you do when someone else’s god says you’re bad? The confession progression: - 5 little “g” gods most people choose from (guess which one I loved) - Real justice versus the imitation - 3 ways to feel only love when people assassinate your character - Being curious instead of an asshole (it takes some work, but it’s worth it) - The Equation, Part 2 (extended cut): Your treatment of yourself = Your treatment of others; Your treatment of yourself and others = Your view of God - Chicken dinners and the future (in case you’re stuffed full of crow too) - My skincare routine (it’s not made of crow, I promise) - Social distancing for smart people Listen or download the transcript at flyingfreenow.com/171 FREE: I'll send you the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Just hop on my mailing list at flyingfreesisterhood.com/free-download. (I will NEVER spam you or sell your information.) Desperate for real help and safe people who understand what you're going through? Find out about my online education and support program for women of faith at joinflyingfree.com And, if you are an already divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, have amazing relationships, build a business or career, or even find a good man - check out joinflyinghigher.com

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now, and you're listening to the Flying Free
0:10.2	podcast, a support resource for women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden
0:16.6	emotional and spiritual abuse.
0:21.6	Welcome to episode 171 of the Flying Free Podcast.
0:27.0	Today we're going to talk about the God we worship and what our God is like.
0:35.0	Everyone worships a God.
0:37.0	Everyone on this planet, everyone all throughout history worships a God.
0:42.0	And our God is what gives our life meaning and purpose. Now some people
0:49.9	worship a God called money. So if that's our God, then what gives our life meaning is having
0:57.6	a lot of money or what we think is enough of it, which by the way never happens if money is our God because you just want more.
1:06.4	The more money you have, the more expansive is your lifestyle and the more money you want
1:11.8	in order to maintain that more expansive lifestyle.
1:16.0	Now I do not believe there's anything wrong with money in and of itself,
1:21.4	but when it becomes our God, then we're sorely disappointed to
1:26.1	eventually realize it doesn't satisfy the way we thought it would. I was able
1:31.9	to give you an example. I was able to give myself a raise last year for the it would be
1:32.8	give you an example I was able to give myself a raise last year for the first time in many years
1:36.8	and I thought that that raise would make me feel more secure but I don't I don't feel more secure. But I don't. I don't feel more secure. We had to get new
1:45.8	windows for our house because they were molding and rotting and now I'm going to
1:51.4	be paying off those windows for the next four years with that increase that I got in my salary.
1:58.0	So I'm not ahead at all, but I am trying to maintain our home.
2:04.0	Has this ever happened to you?
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