Who's In The Driver's Seat?

Who's In The Driver's Seat?
Can you remember what life was like before you got your
driver's license? I sure can. I can still remember sitting
in the car watching my mom or dad drive. I couldn't wait
'till I was old enough to drive. I would finally be able
to go anywhere I wanted to go. But until then, I basically
went where they went.

When that day finally came and I got my first car, there I
was, in the driver's seat! I could go wherever I wanted to
go. I could drive myself to school, I could drive myself
to work, I could drive myself to my buddies house. I could
even just drive for the fun of it with no particular
destination! I had such freedom!

So, in your life, who is in the driver's seat? Are all the
negatives of this world driving you around, or, are you in
charge of your own life? How can you tell?

How do you react to negative situations? Do you allow
those negatives to influence your decisions? For example,
when you hear, "The economy is bad," what's your reaction?
Do you quickly agree and realize that since it is bad, this
is how your life will be affected, and this is what you can
expect?

If that is how you react, then you are not in the driver's
seat. You are just along for the ride. And the worst part
is, you are being driven in the wrong direction!

Whether they say that the economy is good or bad is really
irrelevant when you look for God to supply, knowing that
His supply is endless. Having confidence in God, keeping
your focus on Him, believing Him, expecting Him to supply,
and refusing to not be afraid, is being in the driver's
seat!

And I'm not talking about living in a fantasy, make-believe
world, going around saying, "Everything is just fine."
Keeping your focus and trust on God to supply means looking
for and expecting His guidance and direction, so that you
are not driving around in circles all day long.

What happens when you hear statistics about how many people
are supposed to get a certain disease? What's your
reaction? Do you get afraid of being in the wrong
percentile? If so, then you are not in the driver's seat.
You are being driven.

Why not choose to think that the Creator designed the human
body to heal itself, and healing from God is available! The
Bible says that He wishes above all things that you prosper
and be in health! Those kinds of thoughts will keep you in
the driver's seat!

Every single day we are all bombarded with negatives from
every avenue: TV, radio, newspaper, billboards and people
we talk to. There seems to be no escaping it. That's why
someone who is positive sticks out like a sore thumb!

But think about it for a minute. If we just simply accept
all those negatives we hear every day, then those negatives
will drive us around.

The Bible says, "As he thinks in his heart so is he."
Whenever we allow thoughts, whether positive or negative,
to stay inside our mind long enough they will get into our
heart. An effective way for this to happen, either
positively or negatively, is by repetition.

Once thoughts get into the heart of our mind, then that is
what we will evidence in our lives. Whether good or bad, it
makes no difference. That is the way the Creator designed
our minds to work. That is why "as he thinks in his heart,
so is he!"

None of us can escape all the negatives we see and hear
every day. But we can choose how we will respond to them.
I don't want my life to be like a little boy in my parent's
car, just going along for the ride. I want to be in the
driver's seat!

How about you? In your life, who's in the driver's seat?
Why not get in the driver's seat, and choose where your
life is going? Refuse to allow negatives to influence your
decisions, or to incite you to fear.

Instead, look at what God has promised you, and believe and
accept it as truth. Then, expect Him to guide you and
direct your path. And remember, there is no circumstance
or situation that is too hard for God. Nothing can put Him
out of business!

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Relief from the Pain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Relief from the Pain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
It's always a choice. Do we accept the opinion of the
"experts" or do we look for a different answer? I'm the
kind of person who looks for another way around a problem
or challenge. It shows up in my handwriting as a
personality trait known as the "go to hell K" -- when I
write a word that has the letter "k" in the middle of it, I
always capitalize the letter. When I lived in Saskatoon, I
wrote it like this: "SasKatoon." If you tell me something
is impossible, I'll just have to prove you wrong! So, when
my physician husband told me I'd just have to "live with
it," the pain of Carpal Tunnel syndrome, my "go to hell K"
fired up big time!

Living With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

I was six months pregnant with Sarah (child number 4), and
I was not enjoying being awakened three or four times each
night with pain in my hands and arms, burning and tingling
and numbness all mixed together in my fingers, especially
the middle and first fingers. I tried everything a pregnant
woman is allowed to try to improve circulation and decrease
the pain: propping my head and shoulders up with lots of
pillows, getting out of bed and walk around while shake my
arms. I even resorted to propping myself in a sitting
position on the sofa so that gravity would help the
circulation.

When I asked my husband, an obstetrician, what he thought
was going on, he explained to me that it was Carpal Tunnel,
a common issue for pregnant women that would go away three
to six months after having the baby. There was no medicine
that would fix this, nothing that would help with the pain
(that was safe for a pregnant woman), and it would correct
itself eventually. In his words, "You'll just have to live
with it."

Seeking Relief Through Divine Intervention

I was looking at a bleak six to nine months of unrelenting
pain. Furthermore, I had three other kids to take care of
and I was exhausted already! That's when my "go to hell K"
kicked into gear. If there was nothing the doctors could
do for me, then I knew there must be another solution
because I'm pretty stubborn.

Now, I wasn't a religious person, just a regular
church-goer. We had recently moved to a new city and were
attending a traditional church. However, I had heard that
one of the ministers had experienced a miraculous recovery
from two heart attacks. He certainly carried a heavy load
at the church and was involved with ministry from early
morning to late at night. I saw no sign of a weak heart in
him. So I made up my mind to talk with him about my hands.

The minister was more than happy to pray for my hands. But
nothing happened after he prayed. Not right away.

Asking For What I Wanted

When I got home, I sat down on the organ bench, determined
to sing and lift my spirits through music. While
unwrapping the bandages holding splints on my hands, this
thought came to me, "If God could heal the minister of his
heart attacks, these hands shouldn't be too difficult."

In that moment, all the pain left. All of it! It was
amazing. And the pain never came back. I really had
something to sing about!

Although I never again experienced the pain, I still had
"the condition." My fingers were still numb until long
after Sarah was born, but I never again lost sleep due to
pain from Carpal Tunnel syndrome.

Are you facing a challenge similar to mine? If this story
resonates with you...if it ignites a spark of hope for a
seemingly hopeless situation, consider joining me on an
upcoming 90 minute live TeleClass. I believe there is more
than one perspective on any given situation and if we are
willing to be open to the idea of a different outcome, we
may indeed experience a "miracle."

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Rebecca Hanson is the Founder of the Law of Attraction
Training Center. She is a natural teacher and mentor to
students from around the world. Learn how you can apply the
Law of Attraction to have a fuller more enriching life,
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