All tagged healing
Your testimony is not about being untouched by pain but about surviving it and finding God in the ashes. Healing is not about forgetting. It is about living differently because of what you’ve survived. The scar becomes a story. The loss becomes an altar. The former thing becomes a seed.
When you are sick, you have an excuse. When you are not well, people tend to make exceptions for you. When you are hurt, you aren’t held to the same standards as you normally would be.
Overwhelming gratitude is born in our hearts. It begins in our thoughts. It permeates our attitudes. It seeps out in our words. It is heard in our prayers.
You need Jesus. For the hard times—and there will be hard times. And in the good times. You need your church family. God hears. God answers. God heals.
Let us have the courage to embrace unconventional paths and actively participate in initiatives that bring about positive change and holistic well-being.
When we offer forgiveness it is not of benefit to that person, but instead we can see the true benefit to ourselves of forgiveness
Kids are under intense pressure and stress. Due to their limited vocabulary and inability to express themselves, kids experiencing stress are often overlooked.
No one should ever have to stand alone in their suffering or their shame. Instead, we need to become a safe harbor for those who are floundering; this is our sacred calling.
Dr. Hebbard explores the common wounds that arise from church leaders and the need for others to understand their causes, signs, and what churches can do to move toward healing.
I set out to write a top 10 for getting over it but quickly realized that such a list might inadvertently trivialize deep wounds.
In stillness and silence, the gut string chord of striving relaxes to the ringing philharmonic of divine sufficiency; it is enough.
May we (praise God) not get what we deserve, but something deeper and better and stronger than our best thoughts can grasp.
The most painful thing we do is talk with husbands or wives whose marriages are not being healed.
To love is to invite each other to bring our full selves and all of our experiences to the relationship.
Happy believers sing. Those in trouble pray. And those who are sick call the elders to anoint them with oil and pray for them.
Being trauma informed doesn’t excuse someone else’s bad behavior; it invites you to offer a healing presence in order to establish deeper relationship.
Even in the lives of the redeemed, one does not have to look far to find struggle and pain.
I fight solitude with all my being; I resist purposefully stopping to rest with God. Sometimes, I use excuses of all that depends on me to get done.
Sometimes Christian community and reconciliation fails because good people do nothing.
In our desire to avoid pain, we essentially create pain for others. It’s a dreadfully powerful cycle and we are scarily and impressively loyal to it.
