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“You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are…no more…no less.  That’s when you’re the proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.”  - Jesus

 The veneer was shiny…”religiousy”…certainty.  The truth was wounded…searching…lost.  In a word….stuck.

I made the choice, through much “prodding” of friends, to go through Break Through in 2002.  To be honest with you, before that, I knew the life-changing stories of friends that had gone through.  I had also become friends with Paul Fitzgerald, founder and leader of BT.  I, also, wondered…privately if there was a one-way flight to Guyana somewhere with Kool-Aid as the main course!  I took the dive…and haven’t looked back.  It is easily one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in  my life.  I can’t imagine anything having a more life-awakening impact on me.  Period.  

“How’s that working for you!”  - BT

“Do you want to get well?”  - Jesus

At the end of the day, the real truth is there.  Breakthrough, more than anything I know, does a masterful job of creating space for people to look at their lives, walk through their shame, and find grace and strength to create the lives inside them.  For me, BT helped me look at the broken relationships (my parents, my wife, myself) in my life (including my relationship with God) and find real healing….real life.

There are 2 things, in my opinion, that are impossible to oversell…..Hawaii…and BT.  Look, I don’t know where this moment…this year…this season finds you…maybe your relationships…your life…maybe they’re working for you.  If so, great…keep it up, but if not…if you’ve found yourself more than once whispering “Is this it?” If you’ve found yourself in a maze of hiding that takes…so…much…energy…to keep up the impression management game.  If you’ve looked at your spouse and without saying a word…you know it…dead inside…no life.  If you’ve found yourself listening to the same stories about a God that loves you but doesn’t really like you…and always seems distant…and you never say it publicly…but you think “Is that what You’re really like?”  You say it’s a tough day but really…it’s been a “tough day” for months…maybe years…and…if people really knew what went through your mind…the doubt…the shame…the loneliness…the monotony.  “Am I just bored or is it more than that?”  It’s the leader who thinks stoic actually compels hearts..but he can’t take the next step.  The wife who has never really shared her soul with anyone…especially her husband.  The pastor…who puts up a great front…but deep down is incredibly…alone.  On and on and on.  The truth I leave with you…and maybe the biggest BT truth I realized is…you….don’t….have…to….live…like….this.  You really don’t.  You don’t have to hide.  You don’t have to be alone.  You don’t have to….be stuck.

I went through in 2002.  Raegen, my wife, went through in 2007.  It matters…you’re life matters…more than you know.  I can’t think of a better investment for you or anyone than going through BT.  Don’t give up hope…there’s so much more!

Next BT starts this Friday in Kansas City (go to www.heartconnexion.org for more info)