Acknowledging the Need

“Dear God, Heal me,” is sometimes the first thing I say when I wake up in the mornings. Though I’m doing much better than I was several months ago, it’s still a bit tough in the mornings. You see, in the course of a year I lost two of the closest people to me, one to death and the other to divorce. I lost my mother, suddenly, in January ’09 and my (ex) spouse by the end of that same year. Talk about wounds? I can’t begin to tell you how gaping the wounds are. But, I can tell you that during this time I have dealt with mounds of emotional upheaval and layers of issues and have experienced the full range of emotions of fear, deep sadness, anger, depression, loneliness, confusion, disappointment, denial, and exasperation, and these are just to name a few.

I remember, vaguely, but remember nonetheless, the day it dawned on me that I was wounded and needed healing. It came to me out of nowhere it seemed. I’d been so busy dealing with my problems, trying to solve them and maintain some sense of normalcy to life that I’d completely overlooked my inner self and my personal, internal need. I knew I was hurting, that was no secret, but, it was just par for the course, just came with the territory I figured, until that day I paused long enough to realize---I’m hurting...and need healing.

I could only wonder where that healing might come from. I knew I couldn’t do it for myself, and I knew of no one else in the world who could give to me the kind of healing I needed. That’s when I knew it, my healing was going to have to be a journey with the Divine One. Only my Creator could fix what was broken and wounded in me. That day I prayed to God- “Lord, I’m hurting and need healing, will you heal me please? And, since that time, though I’m far from being completely healed, He’s been faithful to the task. Step by step, day by day, a little bit at a time, He’s healing me.

Acknowledging your pain and your need of healing is the first step towards healing. After you’ve acknowledged where you are, ask God to bring about the healing you need and then trust Him from there. The Psalmist says- “Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord heal me; for my bones are vexed.” [Psalms 6:2, KJV] Even he understood the importance of recognizing his weakness and asking God for help. What kinds of pain have you endured? Are you hurting, suffering, feeling tired or hopeless? There’s help for that, I know because I'm experiencing it myself. Although you don’t have to answer these questions here on this blog (although I do invite you to share as you see fit), the one thing I will encourage you to do is- pause for a minute today, take inventory of your pain, acknowledge your need of healing, ask God to heal you, and then let Him take it from there. Trust Him, He’s faithful. Once you have, we’d love to hear your story here.

Until next time, blessings and peace to you,
Stephanie

Text: Psalm 6:2
Song: I Need You Now- Smokie Norful


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Welcome !

Hi Everyone, welcome to the Journey 2 Healing blog where the idea is that we make the journey towards emotional healing together. My name is Stephanie. You can read more about me in the “About Me” column to the right. For now, let’s talk about healing and the journey we’re about to take together.

The very notion of needing “healing” suggests a wound of some kind. If a child falls and scrapes her knee, as parents we pick her up, clean the wound, maybe put some healing ointment on it, perhaps a band aid, and nurse it back to health. If a man on his job falls from a high ladder and sustains severe internal injuries his coworkers get him to the hospital emergency room as quickly as possible. There the doctors assess his injuries, perform surgery if necessary and instructs the nurses on how to nurse him back to health. But when your heart and soul is wounded, what do you do? To whom do you go? How do you get that fixed? I suggest to you that only the Creator of the heart can heal a broken one. And just like it takes a mother to help heal a child’s wound or coworkers to get their friend to the healer, each of us can help one another make that journey to God for healing. That’s what this blog is all about, helping each other towards emotional healing.

Whether you’ve been slandered on your job, felt the betrayal of a spouse, endured the abandonment of a parent, the death of a loved one, suffered the loss of a friendship or the consequences of bad choices, no matter how large or small your emotional wounds may be, healing is available for them. Throughout this blog I plan to share the experience of my journey with you, with hopes that you will share yours with us too, so that we can each learn from and support one other. In addition I’d like to share a daily text or quote, a song and maybe some pics for encouragement. Feel free to share your favorite texts, quotes, songs and pics as well!

Now, before I close out this entry today, let me just say- as we begin this journey together I ask that if you choose to become a part of this journey that you will be respectful of the others on this journey. Be mindful that we may not all believe or think the same yet we share the common bond of pain for which we all seek healing. Please, no derogatory, antagonistic, or lewd comments and no foul language. The subject matter we talk about on this blog may be sensitive in nature and such language or comments will be detrimental to our journey. Thank you for understanding.

Peace and Blessings to you all,

Stephanie
Text: II Cor. 1:3-5
Song: Healing, Richard Smallwood

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