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When working with Christians in regards to inner healing from trauma, the one thing I drill in them over and over is that you cannot HEAL what you won’t FEEL. You cannot HEAL until you get REAL.
There’s a lot of denial and shoving down of emotions in Christianity. I think we 1/
There’s a lot of denial and shoving down of emotions in Christianity. I think we 1/
Have created a toxic culture that revolves around the lie that when God is pleased with us our life will go well. I see this constantly, although no one says it outright. It’s a subconscious belief that drives many, if not most, christian’s lives.
As a result, we hide from 2/
As a result, we hide from 2/
One another when things aren’t going well because we are afraid of being judged. There are so many problems with this and those problems keep us from the help we need. We heal best in authentic community with safe people. Safe people are HONEST even when the truth hurts. 3/
It keeps us from being able to tell one another when there are problems in their marriage. Later small problems become big problems because we stuffed everything down instead of acknowledging that something wasn’t healthy. Emotions that aren’t positive often just aren’t 4/
Acknowledged or we just avoid them altogether because we’ve been subconsciously trained that if we really trusted God that we wouldn’t worry, or fear, or be angry.... & all those other emotions we’ve deemed negative.
However, I’m not sure there really is such a thing as 5/
However, I’m not sure there really is such a thing as 5/
Negative emotions. There are emotions that are difficult because they hurt. But allowing ourselves to feel and express those negative emotions in a safe way can allow us to heal and process whatever we experienced that caused us to feel that way. We tell ourselves that we 6/
Shouldn’t be sad instead of feeling the feeling. When I was healing from the traumas that caused my ptsd (I still am healing, I’m just much further along in recovery now), one of the most powerful healing tools was being real with Holy Spirit. My prayer time was profanity 7/
Ridden raw pain. I lashed out at God and demanded answers for why he didn’t do miracles for me when I needed them. Why couldn’t I have been shielded from what happened?! I screamed, cried, and unleashed the full fury of my rage.... in the presence of an all knowing God. Bc 8/
Guess what? We are naked in God’s presence anyways, so we might as well bare it all. I could have sat down and pulled one of these “Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for my many blessings. I love you and worship only you. I may not understand everything but I understand your 9/
Goodness and mercy. Amen”
But God can see right through all of that and see my pain anyways. So why not bare it all? Why not unload it all? I got so many answers whispered to my spirit during those hissy fit prayers. Sometimes it didn’t feel like I heard a peep from God but 10/
But God can see right through all of that and see my pain anyways. So why not bare it all? Why not unload it all? I got so many answers whispered to my spirit during those hissy fit prayers. Sometimes it didn’t feel like I heard a peep from God but 10/
I felt his love surround me like a quilt.
Don’t get me wrong here, therapy played a huge part in my recovery as well and still does. I believe that therapy helps me point out a root, and inner healing helps me pull out the root. For me they work hand in hand, my faith and 11/
Don’t get me wrong here, therapy played a huge part in my recovery as well and still does. I believe that therapy helps me point out a root, and inner healing helps me pull out the root. For me they work hand in hand, my faith and 11/
Therapy.
But in both types of settings, the only way to heal is to FEEL. You cannot heal from what you won’t acknowledge. Healing isn’t cute and pretty. It’s ugly and messy..... but it’s freaking beautiful..... and glorious. In the Jewish culture they would show mourning 12/
But in both types of settings, the only way to heal is to FEEL. You cannot heal from what you won’t acknowledge. Healing isn’t cute and pretty. It’s ugly and messy..... but it’s freaking beautiful..... and glorious. In the Jewish culture they would show mourning 12/
By wearing sackcloth and ashes. They would weep, wail, and lament. Even publicly. We see different examples of this in the Bible. So how did we get the idea that God can’t handle our pain, our rage, our doubt, our anger... even when it’s directed at him. Trust me, the Divine 13/
Creator can handle your big pain. Holy Spirit doesn’t shy away when you feel ugly emotions.
If you want to heal, you have to let yourself feel. Happy healing y’all. God bless.
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If you want to heal, you have to let yourself feel. Happy healing y’all. God bless.
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