Free from LC - sorry, somehow I missed your first post with the prayer. That is a great prayer, thank you for sharing it. I love what you said that "He guides us as we move forward. But He doesn't usually guide us if we do nothing." These are the things I need to hear to remove the abject fear of even taking one step.
Regarding my username, I wryly agree with what you and Ohio are saying, and that words are indeed very powerful. As far as it describing my reality, I am much less trapped mentally but have to admit in my circumstance I still am, so for now it is still true. Looking forward to the point when I will need to change it though
To be perfectly honest, I do not think about what it means anymore when I use it, so I don't feel "trapped by Trapped" at this point.
JJ - thanks for those two verses. I have read them before but for some reason "Whatever you do" in both of them came across in a very freeing way when I clicked your links. Thank you.
Nell - thank you for the verses you posted. So often things spoken in the LC concern the church as a whole; it helps so much to read positive verses that I feel can apply to me as a person.
Ohio - thanks so much for laying out the hard-wired concepts the way you do. Sometimes the biggest help is someone simply mentioning them because so often I can operate according to, and am trapped by, a concept I don't even realize is constraining me. Having things stated the way you do helps me see the thoughts that bind me.
Truthseeker - I didn't really mean gut feeling. I know it sounds strange but I really do mean it was as if there was a physical but invisible hand in front of me with the pointer finger towards me that poked into my abdomen and stopped me from taking another step. Think Pillsbury Doughboy (but without the "hehe!")