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How to let go and let God…

No stranger to good times and equally familiar with the most difficult of challenges, in her book NEW DIGS…Abandoning the Bog of Bitterness, the author shares the startling shifts in outlook and method that freed her from years of toxic rancor. Owing to Pamella’s fervent desire to improve upon her lengthy and difficult struggle to understand conventional teachings about forgiveness, a thorny and confusing topic is at last addressed in a cordial, practical and hopeful way. A significant portion of the book’s value is reflected in the uplifting, colorful art that allows for quick assimilation and recall of its messages. Also thoughtful and economically thrifty, a vibrant journal page is authorized for copying and formatted for noting what section those memoirs correspond with. Users of this workbook will travel a one-of-a-kind journey through the stages of recovering a compassionate spirit and enjoy the curious, but deliberate, absence of snarly detours as classic advice is reshaped into clear and logical guidance. A swift route to the satisfying final destination of Renewal Island is creatively mapped out. Readers will visit several other picturesque locales as well, beginning their journey in Swamp City and stopping over in Hiatus Township, Uncertainty Village, Prideful Palisades and Cape Horizon as they pause to work through the meaningful but brightly sketched phases of reclaiming a merciful heart. So, pack your drifter duds for passage to NEW DIGS…Abandoning the Bog of Bitterness!

Proposes separate roles for God and humanity related to forgiveness. Focuses on supporting those offended in working through their pain as the pathway to a merciful heart. Check out this book's easy read, down to earth flavor: *** PHASE ONE - SWAMP CITY - STATE OF AFFAIRS *** I’m stuck; wallowing would actually be a more truthful description. Maybe I’m resentful or perhaps downright bitter about all this as some people have been kind enough to point out…what of it? Is there some other choice? Talk about it? What good could possibly come from dredging everything back up now? Do you have any idea what you’re asking? I’ve covered up my feelings for so long I wouldn’t even know where to begin. It seems as though all I do is go through the motions of life anyway…like the lights are on, but nobody’s home. I’m pretty jumpy and suspicious lately, too. Why won’t people just leave me alone? *** PHASE ONE - SWAMP CITY - CRUCIAL NEEDS *** To express and deal with the betrayal, anger and hurt of the offense. Most people reside longest in Swamp City, possibly staying years if professional or specialized, offense-based support is needed but not received. Pain can be so overwhelming here that a victim may fear crying or expressing their rage truthfully for worry they’ll never stop. Wide variations in needs are common, depending on the offense’s actual or perceived severity and its results. A victim’s self boundaries may have been pulverized. There is usually a great loss of confidence and trust in themselves and their ability to make sound judgments. “What did I do to deserve this?” and “Why did God let this happen?” thoughts are common. *** PHASE ONE - SWAMP CITY - MOVING ON BENCHMARKS *** Quite predictably, victims may have erected various types and degrees of damaging psychological thought patterns and behavior to serve as survival mechanisms or as defenses against further presently intolerable vulnerability. Though no special talent was needed for their effortless construction, victims would be wise to seek aid in dismantling these structures with care to make possible their simultaneous replacement with the rebuilding of trust in themselves and others. Customarily, this entails much learning or relearning, which can be incredibly daunting. Swamp City might resemble a long term care facility on the Island for Misfit Toys with progress seeming nearly imperceptible. Residents may feel like oddballs and push others away, but will move on when their arduous work here is done.