Three of life's greatest abilities are dependability, responsibility, and
availability.
First: Dependability, among many things, is keeping one's
word. It's doing what we say we are going to do. It's keeping the commitments we
make. It is being authentic; for instance, sometimes, instead of saying what we
truly feel and want, we say what we think others want to hear to be "nice," and
then we do the opposite, which is far from being nice. It's being dishonest.
Such a person cannot be trusted or depended on.
Second: Responsibility;
that is, realizing that I am totally responsible for what I say, for what I
want, for what I feel, for what I do or don't do, for getting my needs met in
healthy ways, and for every area of my life.
Unless I am handicapped, no
matter what happened to me in the past relationally, if it were negative, I am
responsible for what I do about it and for what I become. As another has wisely
said, "I may have been a victim in the past, but if I remain a victim, I am now
a willing volunteer."
As long as I fail to accept personal
responsibility for my life and blame anybody else for the difficulties I have, I
will never overcome them. That is, if I keep playing the blame-game, I will
B-LAME!
Third: Availability. If I want my life to be fulfilling and
meaningful, I need to be available for my family, for having a part in
worthwhile causes (without being obsessive), and for being available to
participate in God's work here on earth. As I have shared on a number of
occasions, when it comes to being involved in God's work, every morning I pray
the following prayer of commitment: "Dear God, again today I'm available, please
make me usable." I encourage you to also pray this prayer at the beginning of
every day.
Dear God
please help me
to become the person
you
want me to be,
to always be dependable,
responsible, and available for
you
to use to have a part in what you are doing in the world
today
Thank you for hearing and answering my prayerz
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