During the
formative years of our life, many of us experience physical and emotional
wounds perpetrated by family, neighbors and friends of our family.
These events
caused parts of our soul to splinter off and embed in our subconscious mind. We
are disjointed and incomplete, because our basic human needs in these areas
were never met.
Some of us
barely survive our past experiences, and we drag the wounds with us into
adulthood. Victimization took away our choices and we feel trapped.
We even
mistreat our self by either putting our needs last and allowing other people to
take advantage of us, or punishing our self with further pain and neglect, or
becoming obsessed with our own needs and walling our heart from further hurt by
shutting down our emotions and becoming self-sufficient.
We may allow
the demon of perfectionism to control our life, because we fear further
rejection or feel the need to earn love and acceptance; or we may adopt a
lackadaisical and carefree attitude, unthinking and callous to the needs of
others.
God leads us
on the path of healing through sanctification. As we embrace the parts of our
soul we left behind, we experience a wholeness and completion, which we never
thought was possible (Colossians 2:10-15).
We integrate
the pieces of our self, which we rejected in our past, and learn to relate to
people and the will of God for our life as healthy individuals who are growing
in the grace of God. (
www.theophostic.com )
God teaches
us to set boundaries in our life to prevent future abuse and gives us a new
heart in order to love others as He loves us.
God's
healing in our life sets us free to shed the shackles of negative emotions and
to be more aware of living fully in each present moment with unceasing prayer
and by walking in the Spirit.
Prayer:
Father God,
You were right there with us during those times of abuse and neglect in our
past. You understand our thought processes now and the negative emotions, which
plague our life. You became a man and died for us. This act of selfless love
now gives us the sense of being valued and unconditionally loved.
As we align
our self and our beliefs with Your Word, we find fulfillment in this life,
which we never thought possible on this side of heaven. You supply all of our
needs according to Your glorious riches (Philippians 4:19). You restore our
soul, anoint our head with oil, set a table for us in the presence of our
enemies and our cup overflows with Your blessings (Psalm 23).
Thought for
the Day:
We can
relinquish the need to control life and other people in a misguided attempt to
keep our self safe from further abuse and neglect, when we insist on taking
part in decisions which affect our life, and trust God to work out even the
worst circumstances for our good - Romans 8:28
