Abuse inundates us with the fear of neglect and isolation, a lack of trust, feelings that we have to protect our self because no one else will take care of us, and a whole host of other issues. Neglect and abuse disrupt our brain’s development and function.
Mistreatment causes us to experience comprehension and attention deficit difficulties in school, psychological and cognitive issues, controlling behavior, a cheerless opinion of our identity and esteem, phantom anxiety, a lack of flexibility, difficulty in forming deep personal relationships, and a host of other issues.
Poor mental and emotional health follow us around for our lifetime, impacting our life and relationships. Negative emotions plague us, even when we are happy with our life, because these residual and unresolved issues are buried in our subconscious mind.
Many practitioners are currently equipped to help both children and adults to recover from the effect of abuse. They help us to achieve a positive outlook on life, a sense of purpose, and survival skills such as problem-solving, relationships, competency, productive hobbies and habits, non-dysfunctional parenting, etc.
They can also help us to feel pride in our talents and to take ownership of our beliefs, thoughts, emotions and behavior instead of blaming other people. The first step toward these goals is to take daily inventories of the state of our body, soul and spirit.
The greatest recovery tool, however, is to learn real compassion and patience with our self and others, as we develop beliefs based on the reality of God and a trust in His Word. We acquire a personal relationship with this eternal Being; and we are never alone, anxious, afraid, worried or doubtful anymore.
When someone as big as the Trinity of God moves into our spirit, a lifetime of changes begin. We learn to have faith in His faithfulness, and to look for the seed for a miracle, which He plants in every trial that comes our way. We trust in Him, because He proves Himself to be totally trustworthy.
Prayer:
Father God, help us to learn to totally lean on You for our well-being, to completely surrender to Your will for us individually, to walk in Your Spirit each moment of our day, and to continually obey Your precepts (Proverbs 3:5-6; Psalm 103:17). We praise You for who You are. Thank You for loving the whole world and for setting us free from sin and the effects of degradation in our life (John 3:16-17; John 8:36).
We are so grateful that You provided Jesus’ sacrifice to make a way for us to be grafted into Your family as Your adopted children (Ephesians 1:5). Prior to this we lived on the broad road that led to the destruction of our body, soul and spirit. We worshipped our flesh, the world, and the devil rather than You. By doing this, we condemned our self to eternal damnation (John 3:18). Now, we worship You with our whole heart.
Thought for the Day:
People today want to cast off what they consider the restraints, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness of religion; yet, what they do not realize is that within the boundaries of God’s straight and narrow road, we find safety and security, as well as His intimate companionship, continual blessings, eternal rewards and so much more.
