{"id":90366,"date":"2019-09-10T14:58:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T19:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/?p=90366"},"modified":"2019-09-10T14:58:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T19:58:40","slug":"why-your-enneagram-3-theology-will-fail-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/articles\/topics\/life-issues\/challenges\/cultural-issues\/why-your-enneagram-3-theology-will-fail-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Enneagram 3 Theology Will Fail You"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tomorrow morning I\u2019ll get up early, before my two school-aged daughters. I\u2019ll wash my face, brush my teeth, start the coffee. I\u2019ll lace up my gym shoes then make the bed. And I\u2019ll mentally prepare myself for whatever my chronically-ill daughter might look like when she wakes up. Knowing all along that whatever it is, I can\u2019t change it.<\/p>\n

You see, she is symptomatic again of a complicated disease that is extremely rare<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most people never worry about their kid being born with half of a heart. Even that small group of people whose child has undergone three open heart surgeries to live with half of a heart, like Annie does, don\u2019t worry about the symptoms\u2014or the outcomes\u2014of this extra disease.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m the kind of girl who thinks I really can change the world. I grew up with visions of feeding hungry children on another continent. Slashing divorce rates across the country. Taking the gospel to the ends of the earth. Since I knew I could do it, I wasn\u2019t going to stop until I did.<\/p>\n

I think I\u2019m a very effective combination of nature and nurture. Also, I\u2019m an Enneagram 3 through and through, if that confirms anything. But my daughter\u2019s diagnosis proves to me daily that all the nurturing and personality profiling in the world can\u2019t control the things that matter most to me.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the problem.<\/p>\n

Thinking I can change it<\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve proven my determination, veracity of mind, fearlessness, and ability to positively impact the world over and over in my 35 years. I\u2019ve:<\/p>\n