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Emotional Healing

The Beauty of Light

Have you ever been inside a dark tunnel for a period of time and wondered when you’d get to the end?  Perhaps you’ve been on a subway train that seemed to take too long to arrive at the next station.  Life can be that way.

Oftentimes as human beings we travel through darkness for so long that the light seems quite distant. However, just at that moment when you thought the darkness would last forever, light breaks in and breaks forth. It’s beautiful.  We have the opportunity to get that light everyday when we read God’s word.

We could actually be in a terribly dark place personally and one scripture or one passage from the Bible could provide much-needed light in our lives. That’s the beauty of being a Christian and the wonder of reading God’s word.

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Emotional Healing Spiritual Growth

Abuse Me…Please

I’m upset. I didn’t want to write when I was overly emotional, but I had no choice.  One of my dearest friends is in a relationship that can best be described by one word… ABUSIVE. She isn’t getting beat on physically, but I’ve watched her self-confidence and self perception deteriorate because of the verbal abuse she receives from her spouse. It’s hard to watch because I love her. What’s harder to see is that my friend doesn’t know who she is? She doesn’t know she deserves better and that God never wanted her to live like someone’s verbal dump yard.  Each time she accepts and permits abusive words into her spirit and her life, the words begin to shape and mold her very being. The negative, nasty, harmful words don’t help her. They hurt her. But she doesn’t see it because deep down, she believes she deserves it. In essence, she’s saying… Abuse me… please.