Healing Sexual Wounds

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So many people are afraid of dealing with emotional health issues.  Many do not feel that they have the strength or the competence to effectively address issues that have been strongholds in their lives.  If anyone tells you that healing and/or recovery is easy, they are not telling the truth!  Recovery is an everyday, complicated, [...]

Have You Forgiven Yourself?

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“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”  -Ernest Hemingway  In Healing for Damaged Emotions, David Seamands powerfully discusses guilt, grace and debt-collecting (Chapter 2).  He notes that, “Only after you have accepted God’s unconditional forgiveness are you set free to forgive others.”  Though we intellectually know that if we [...]

Warning: Hurt People Hurt People

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“No man is free who is not master of himself.” – Epictetus One of my dear friends, Jackie, had horrible pains on the right side of her abdominal area.  She went to her doctor and was told that she may have pulled or strained a muscle.  The doctor prescribed pain medicine which only helped to [...]

Healing for Damaged Emotions

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Most of us know Michael Jackson’s great song, You Are Not Alone.  He sings: But you are not alone; For I am here with you Though we’re far apart; You’re always in my heart But you are not alone Just the other night; I thought I heard you cry Asking me to come; And hold [...]

46 Things You Need to Hear Yourself Say

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One of my all-time favorite books is See Yourself as God Sees You, by Josh McDowell.  Whether you call The Creator of our Universe God, The Higher Power, Yahweh, or even if you have difficulty believing the existence of God, as Josh McDowell did, understanding how our Creator views, cherishes, and loves us is encouraging [...]

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