ACCUSED OF BEING BORING...PART 2

Accused of being boring, time froze. Much like picking up the plot from last season's cliffhanger, I stood at the crest of my past braced for either a rude awakening or an amazing revelation. Our son's actions tended to yank my chain, but I had to make certain my reactions weren't open wounds left over from my dysfunction. The dilemma made my prayer all the more poignant as God urged me to connect with Him on this...

God help me see my life your way because living my life like this is insane.

Connecting with a dysfunctional past goes against our nature, doesn't it? Show of hands if you or anyone you know can identify with any of the following past scenarios:


• the caregiver to one or more alcoholic parents
• the recipient of a physically-abusive parent
• role reversal for a parent with severe mental health issues
• the whipping post for verbally-abusive parents
• the abandoned daughter to the absentee father
• the flawless wonder to a perfectionist mother


When you've spent your entire childhood surviving, not every lesson you've learned translated into a perfectly-packaged, adult response. To connect is to understand the lessons you learned and the distinctions they play in your life. You felt helpless; now you can depend on God. You felt overlooked; now you can embrace Christ as your true advocate. The amazing revelation is we can connect to a Savior who walks with us through our past and teaches us new ways of coping, dealing and living.


Years of learning my lesson well have brought me to this place called boring. I know my past and I am at peace with it. I also know my future and who has taught me to live it connected. I pray you connect with your past as well and maybe one day you'll be accused of being boring.