When will we begin to hold people accountable for their spirit and not just their words? When will we begin to say to folks, your spirit is oozing disease, and you need to see that? We play into so many conversations in this world, never realizing that we are attempting to battle with negative spirit addicts.
Addicts are the most clever negotiators. They will find inventive ways to make their addiction seem alright to them. At times, they will even convince others that they are not really addicted, but have chosen their way of life and are perfectly normal and reasonable in their behavior, and in the ways they act out against others. It is them, not me, they say. They are the ones who can’t see that I am perfectly ok. This is the talk of addicts. It has always been their way of speaking and communicating–their way of maintaining their lifestyle.
The new addicts are those who hurl derogatory words or terms at others; their spirit is addicted to certain negative beliefs. They spew these things with the same precision and level of seemingly intelligent reasoning that all other addicts do. They are clever in their dance and spin on their actions, all in an attempt to dodge their real problem. And like most addicts, they may even make feeble attempts at apologizing, sidestepping the fact that their addiction has taken hold of them, and focusing only on making better the words they’ve venomously spit and they skillfully fool us into believing that that is all they need to make good on all they need to fix. We take their apology, or not, and vow to get them back if they say another bad thing to us. We become accomplices in their addiction.
Some of us will attempt to tell them they are sick. The typical response is offense. But this is the way of addicts. They cannot have their intelligence or integrity or sanity questioned. Because if it is called into question, then they cannot maintain their addiction with dignity, they will be forced to face their problem head on, forced to admit that they are sick. And for some, that is worse than the addiction itself. That is because we generally want people to see us as good. But in their eyes, a certain level of respect will be lost for them if they admit to their addiction. They will have, they believe, no dignity.
We must, however, hold these destructive spirit addicts accountable for their behavior, and especially their thoughts. It is the only way for all to heal. We cannot allow them to explain away or give simple apologies for their problems, which ultimately affect others around them. To apologize for a word spoken or an action taken does not address the addiction. It only addresses the outcome of the addiction.
I believe that until we hold people accountable for their way of thinking and believing, we will continue to battle a problem that runs deeper than all the surface discussions we continue to have, in an effort to tip-toe around telling an abusive addict that they are an abusive addict.
Today, I hold myself accountable. I will take responsibility for telling the negative spirit addicts in my life what they are. It is expected that they will fall into denial. But if everyone around them disallows them from swimming in their sea of oblivion and denial, they will have nowhere to hide from themselves. I will equally hold them accountable for their addiction in every respect.
I believe if we take these steps, change, however slow, will eventually occur. As it stands, we have taken virtually no steps forward because of our continued resistance to telling people of their sickness. I will not share in the shame of addicts any longer. It is not my addiction. I will not cover for them.
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This is SO true. I often challenge the established ‘line’ because it is false and then find I attract all kinds of people who agree with me and think I would agree with them when they go off in an opposite extreme direction.
It’s true; extremism is an addiction, a spiritually weakened state like the zealots in Jesus’ day. Like when water boils, one over-heated molecule activates the other to the same behaviour, and tho they throw different symbols around, their essence is throwing things around.
I too understand the emotions reacting to the ‘pharisees’ of any given time or group, but i too am tired of making excuses for what I understand but cannot bear as a burden.
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Wow, this is deep and TRUE. I see this is action within my own family and never looked at it this way. This has enlightened me and now I am aware of what I need to do. I will not enable any longer, they must know. Thanks.
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