Life in this perverse and dark world is evil
at best and cruel and unthinkable at its worse. The atrocities perpetuated on
one human being by another without conscience is wounding and debilitating.
From a one-time event to repeated and
ritualistic abuse, we tend to bury this pain in our subconscious mind and often
refuse to revisit it or we may deny its existence. Yet, it influences every
moment of every day of our life.
Traumatized in body, mind and emotions, we
separate parts of our self and bury them in the past, moving forward with any
self-respect and reality, which we can find.
We survive by erecting walls, hiding behind
anger, staying in a protective mode to prevent future real or imagined abuse.
We cope through any means available, even addictions and defense mechanisms.
As Christ strengthens us from within and
becomes the focus of our life, this pain loses some of its strength. God's love
covers a multitude of sin perpetrated against us and helps us to forgive and move on.
He brings these issues to light along with the
lies, which Satan plants in each trauma. He speaks His truth about each memory
and situation and completely sets us free from bondage to these memories. (
www.theophostic.com )
As God reveals any issue which may keep us in
bondage to sin, Satan, the world, the flesh and our past, we recover the bits
and pieces of our self, which litter our past and God heals them and molds them
back into our life as productive pieces of who we are today.
Prayer:
Father God, You see the secret pain of our
past and desire to search us and to heal the pain which causes our current
fears, depression and anger. You lead us into complete healing by Your Spirit
to live whole and complete lives unhindered by the pain of our past (Psalm
139:23-24). You make us a new creation,
created by Christ Jesus for good works to further Your Kingdom on the earth (2 Corinthians
5:17).
You bring an article, a sermon, a Bible verse,
a song, a comment by a friend or enemy to open those wounds, remove the
splinters and to allow us to heal from the inside out. We bring our troubled
thoughts to You and rejoice as You lead us to the freedom only You can provide
both now and throughout eternity.
Thought for the Day:
The Holy Spirit is God's wonderful Counselor who operates on the infected splinters embedded deep within our soul and frees us from the source of the infection, healing the wounds and making us whole.
The Holy Spirit is God's wonderful Counselor who operates on the infected splinters embedded deep within our soul and frees us from the source of the infection, healing the wounds and making us whole.
