#041// Have you ever suffered because of someone else's bad choices?  All of us, at one time or another, have found ourselves suffering because of someone else's poor choices. And while suffering is relative to the person experiencing it, I think it's fair to say that suffering tends to be worse when it's brought on by a choice made by a person you're seemingly inextricably linked to. A marriage is a good example.

It's that sense of feeling “stuck” and knowing — “If this person doesn't course correct quickly, they're going to crash and I'm crashing with them.” It's scary and it's painful. You feel out of control and maybe even angry or bitter.

And all of a sudden we can find ourselves doing that crazy dance between trying to escape and distance ourselves and trying to get the other person to “straighten up and fly right.” We think the only two options we have are to disconnect or to make them be perfect somehow. All because we don't feel safe.

The question is — How do you trust God to keep you safe when people you are connected to and relying on keep making mistakes and bad decisions? How can can you maintain connection with imperfect people while also learning to find a deep sense of safety in God no matter what may come?

This is what we're getting into on this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast. So if you're ready to lean in so you can get to breakthrough in the area of building connection and intimacy, even in the midst of potential let down or pain, I want you to grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY? If you'd like more conversations like this in your life with an opportunity to go deeper and be more intentional about growing to breakthrough, you're invited to hop onto The Jesus Girl Gang waitlist. In November and December 2024, we'll be digging deep into relationships and boundaries, so we'll be opening the membership in late October for new members to join. In the meantime, let me send you the Thoughts Exchange Worksheet which will be so helpful in doing the exchange work I talked about in this episode!