Avoidance: the act of avoiding or keeping away from.
Avoid: 1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun
2. to prevent from happening:
3. to make void or of no effect; invalidate
4. to empty; eject or expel
Hello you!
Good to see you. I’m the stuff (person, place, situation) you have been avoiding for so long. Oh I know you pretend not to see me, but I’m not letting you walk around me anymore. I’m gonna stare you in the face, mind and soul, and I’m not going to fade into your background anymore. I’ve been here patiently waiting to sucker-punch you and make you deal with me for the next 3 months (years, decades). You have been reluctantly denying my power and subconsciously suppressing me. So I had no choice but to come up in your dreams, conversations and actions to meet you and challenge you to acknowledge I exist. I’m not going away this time. I’m staring you down until you fall into a deep abyss and curl into a fetal position. Are you ready to stop avoiding me now? I’m not going to go another moment letting you pretend I don’t exist.
Impatiently Yours,
Stuff you’ve been avoiding
Dear Stuff,
Greetings. It’s painful to see you. I realize I’ve been avoiding you for a long time now. I acknowledge I have tried to free myself from you by pretending you don’t matter. I’ve danced around, acting like you don’t have an impact on my day to day life, so I am greeting you on your playing field. It hasn’t been easy to act like you don’t exist. I tried to expel you from my mind and spirit, without success mind you. I know I have to embrace you for what you are and deal with you, as you say “head on”. Now that I’ve greeted you, and recognized that you DO exist, it’s painful. It hurts. That’s why I ran from you in the first place. I don’t like hard, agonizing feelings and situations and dealing with it (her, him, that place of pain) is the reason I wouldn’t meet you in the first place. Now, I can’t put the cow back in the barn. You decreed you aren’t going anywhere, but I must find the courage to declare I will greet you with the strength God gives me, stop avoiding you and find a way to work through this. I’m going to come out and not be bitter anymore but better than ever. So thanks for the wake-up call.
Sincerely,
Waking up in pain but doing better
Dear You,
I know I said I’m not going anywhere, but that’s only because I want to cause you continual pain! I don’t actually want you to do anything about me. And why did you have to bring God into this? I’m here. Glad you see it (her, him, that place) again but I like our relationship just the way it is: I’ll cause you pain and you walk in bondage attached firmly to me. That way I will always have life through your misery. Thanks for the greeting but you will never overcome me. So just get used to me okay?
ALWAYS yours,
Stuff attached like you to glue, cement and epoxy
Dear soon to be departed stuff,
Oh you messed up now. I had a talk with Jesus and He told me some things about you. He said I may have had avoidance issues but I don’t have to live like this anymore. He told me I am more than a conqueror through Him. He said I can do all things through Him, and that strengthened me. He gave me power, love and a sound mind during our talk and told me that the spirit of fear didn’t come from Him. Jesus also said His burden is light and His yoke is easy: in other words if I give Him all my stuff (uhmm you!) then He will take care of it for me. I live for Him and He beats you for me. Long story short, in the past, I avoided you, pretended you didn’t exist. You reared your ugly head and made me stop running from you. I acknowledged your existence and felt your pain. But now I beat you and I’m free to live in victory through my HEALTHY relationship with Christ. And just in case you think you can come back on me and make me remember the pain, Father God has wiped the slate clean, erased the chalkboard, made it like it never happened! Oh I will always keep the lessons I learned from my experience with you but from this day forward I will not take the pain to my heart ever again. Thank you for your acquaintance. I’m glad we had this time of familiarity. Without you I wouldn’t be the person I am today. Nevertheless, I’m happy to tell you: you are beat once and for all. Good Riddance Stuff.
Sincerely Never Yours Again,
God’s Child
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