When you’re waiting for something, no news isn’t good. Sometimes it drives you crazy! Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. But, I’m not here to talk about impatience. That’s another post for another day.
I want to discuss accountability.
I believe that being accountable to others in our lives is an absolute necessity. God created us for relationships. Obviously, he fulfills all of our needs. But He also created us to need others.
I covered this topic previously on the necessity of accountability, but I want to take it one step further.
Over the year I have watched a few of my friends from the Table Rock Freedom Center fall. Unfortunately, there’s not always a 100% success rate. They didn’t run back into their addictions overnight.
In every case, one of the reasons they have fallen back into old habits they worked so hard to break has been the same.
Lost Accountability…
It usually happens gradually. One week they call you and everything is fine. Then you go a week without hearing from them. They send a brief text message to follow-up and hope that will do the trick. The text messages stop and they don’t answer their phone. A month later you get a phone call asking them for help because they’ve slipped back into their addiction.
I am 100% confident that the moment you stop being accountable to others, you will fall into one of Satan’s vicious traps.
I wish you could hear the desperation in my voice through the words of this post as I tell you that accountability is an absolute necessity.
I am living proof of the power of what keeping a safe group of those who love me close by can do. Everyday, whether it’s by email, text, phone, or in person. I stay in contact with those I have agreed to let hold me accountable. It could be a quick hello or an hour-long conversation. I’m not saying everyone needs to do it on a daily basis, but it works for me.
I am not perfect either. I still make mistakes. Some of them have been foolish mistakes. But what keeps me going is telling others that I trust what I’m thinking. How my emotions are. What I am feeling. No secrets. Truth.
Be accountable to your husband. Your wife. Your sister. Your best friend. Your mentor. Your church family.
A simple word. Yet so profound.
Accountability…
Do you have an accountability partner? What have they helped you through?