it's a heart thing

I have many different struggles and I can place a name, blame or excuse on any one of them but the truth of the matter is, it's a heart thing.
Somewhere down the line our hearts heard something dreadfully wrong and it hurt us to the core. We took that hurtful word, situation, judgement, whatever; as truth and that lie was tatooed on our heart. Until that lie is uncovered, God allowed in to heal it and the lie replaced with the truth of God then, we will still have struggles in that area.
It sounds simple but to take something that has been sewn into the very fiber that you believe yourself to be and just change it... no, it's not that easy. You have to first admit that there is something very wrong, ask God to help you bring it into His light (identify it), allow Him to validate you (feel it) and let Him tatoo a new truth in it's place (heal).
Again, it sounds alot easier than it is. I am trying to do this in an area of my life and I find that pride, pain and rebellion are very much my enemy. I know that I have to be 100% responsibile for all of my actions and that... is a large pill to swallow (so to speak). I try to think that I might just want to wallow in the blame game because at least there, I am powerless (so to speak). It's a battle my friends. Not just for me but anyone who lives and breathes, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day it is an ongoing war - just remember, Jesus is ALWAYS an option!