Making
Peace With Your Past
Unit
11 – Coming to Terms with the Blessing
Memory
verse: Proverbs 3: 27-28, NIV “Do not withhold good from
those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say
to your neighbor, “Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow” —
when you now have it with you.”
Affirmations
to repeat: “I am blessed.”
Day 1: What is the
Blessing?
Q1.
Referring to pg 187, list verbal statements your parents made to you
that communicated blessing.
Q2. List
nonverbal messages your parents gave you that communicated a withheld
blessing? Pg 188
Q3. List some of the other significant
adults who positively or negatively affected your sense of being
blessed and why?
Day 2: Ways Dysfunctional Families Distort the Blessing
Q4. Was
the blessing kept slightly out of your reach? How was this
communicated? How have you responded in your adult life? Pg 189
Q5. Briefly review and
paraphrase the four confusing ways the dysfunctional family withholds
the blessing. Pg 191
Day 3: Recovering from the Missing Blessing
Q6. What are you going to
do about the absence of the blessing in your life? Describe how you
will utilize the healthy ways of seeking the blessing outside your
family of origin. Pg 195
Day 4: Grieving for the Missing Blessing
Q7. What are your
feelings about yourself at this moment? Have you allowed yourself to
grieve for the absence of the blessing in your life? Pg 197
Q9. What
is your fantasy about your family of origin? Pg 198
Day 5: Sharing the Blessing with Others
Day 5: Sharing the Blessing with Others
Q10.
Referring to Pg 199- 200, list at least four of the things you can
say to bless someone in your life.
Q11.
Write a plan for how you can bless at least five people in your life.
Summary:
Q15.
What are the major lessons you have learned as you progressed through
this unit? (half page)
