Bondage

Hey Guys! I have had a CRAZY few months!

I wanted to talk to you guys about bondage and how it can sneak up on us if we are not careful of our actions. It can happen so fast that by the time you realize what happened you are so entangled that you actually need someone else to come up beside you and help you.

My friend has this little shih tzu who is so ornery and in a matter of like 3 minutes, he got into my friend’s yarn and got himself so wrapped up that you could say he was in bondage. My friend spent almost 3 ½ hours to get him completely free.

Thats kind of what we do… we get ourselves in big messes and it takes a long time in the natural to clean it up. Sometimes we can’t clean it up on our own, sometimes we need another believer to help us and pray with us.

That is why it is so important to be careful of what we do and say. I am preaching to myself here. Sometimes these messes can be fixed quickly, other times it takes years! I have been there!

I have messed up so much before with my friends and my church family that at one point, nobody wanted anything to do with me!

God is STILL cleaning up that mess, but I can tell you there is progress. All of this was caused because in my mind I was held in bondage by autism. I, and other people, had placed me in this box.

I had to CHOOSE to break out of the box and not allow myself to give in to the behaviors that autism had instilled into me all my life. I still struggle everyday to walk in that freedom but as my friend says, I might miss it from time to time but my batting average is getting better.

I love you guys, God bless, peace out peeps!

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Hannah Benson — known for her big heart, her kindness, and her eagerness to serve — is the author of the Overcoming Autism blog.

Hannah was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 14, and now uses this media platform as a way to reach out to those living with Autism and other handicaps. Hannah shares tips and coping skills for those with Autism and for family and friends of those who have been diagnosed; she also relates her life to stories in the Bible and chronicles the lessons she’s learned along her journey.

Hannah Benson can be found on Instagram @hannah_benson94 or on Facebook on the Overcoming Autism Hannah’s Story.