God gives us a format by
which to live. He tells us to pray continually, moment by moment as we go about
our day (Proverb 3:5-6); to bring our every need to Him in gratitude for all of
our circumstances; and to rejoice regardless of the trials or blessings we
experience in each moment (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).
He even turns around the memories of the trauma and resentment from
our past, and works out everything for our ultimate good (Romans 8:28).
The pain of the past makes
us more compassionate, empathetic and nurturing toward our self
and others. The broken aspects of our history,
and the diabolical memories that plague us, cause us residual spiritual, mental, emotional and physical issues even into our present life.
We struggle with each negative past issue as it surfaces from our subconscious into our conscious
mind. We battle with the need to forgive our self, the perpetrator of the
crimes committed against us, and even God for allowing these events to take
place in the life of a defenseless child.
As adults, we learn that it
is the nature of sin in this finite world that allows such horrendous torture
and abuse to occur. God planned for us to live in Paradise forever; He gave us
all a free will; and He never interferes with the choices we make.
However, He always walks
with the victims through these traumatic events. When the darkness of Satan's plans
overtake us, God's light comes flooding in and His love fills every fiber of
our being (Psalm 112:4, TLB).
The spiritual maturity that
we attain when we forgive, as Jesus did, those who gravely wounded our body and/or our soul, fills us with freedom in our
spirit as it softens our soul and heals our body. Wrapped in God's love we face
His daily plan for our life with faith in His faithfulness.
Prayer:
Father God, the darkness in
this world often overwhelms us; causing us to lose all hope of a bright tomorrow. The
subconscious memories haunt our dreams and affect our health. Remind us that
You care about every aspect of our life, and You want to heal these past wounds that still fester in our
soul.
Remind us that in order for
healing to occur, we need to sit still in Your presence with our journal or our
prayer partner who can help us to remember our issues that surface. As we bring
each item to You for healing, You shower us with Your truth and love.
Thought for the Day:
We free our self from the crushing power of the past when we submit the pain of our trauma to God's
Spirit, and
replace Satan's lies with God's truth; this allows us to experience the magnitude of God's wonder and light as He sets us
free from our pain from the past.
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