Taking a Journey of Healing

Overcoming pain is often a journey. For many people, they think overcoming pain is a drink away or whatever there own self-medication system may be. The next relationship, the next adventure, the next....

When I was 17 I made a declaration that I would never let anyone or anything hurt me again. It was one of the worst decisions I ever made. I began to walk in a world of numbness that was only broken by pain or sorrow. In trying to shut out pain, I shut out joy and happiness. Following is from Chpt. 1 of Wounded Heart as I explain how my journey of healing began.

"I was walking up a steep hill in New York City around Broadway and 123rd Street on a very cold day. The wind was burning my face, and all of a sudden I realized that this was the first time I had felt anything in a long time. I was actually happy to feel the pain - to feel anything. At that moment something hit me and I decided I wanted to live and love again. I accepted the fact that I might have to go through pain. I knew that feeling joy, pleasure and love would only be possible if I were willing to take a chance at being hurt. I was tired of being a tough guy. So the journey began.

They say the longest journey begins with a single step. I took my first step on that cold winter night." WH - pg. 12

It seems funny now but my declaration of never feeling pain was the result of losing a football game at 17 and a few bad choices that I made. It was the start of 10 years of a growing emptiness within me. I have learned a lot since then.

Whatever the source of your pain, God can heal it. My sources started out as simple disappointments but grew because I did not deal with them. In my disillusionment with life, I just kept on making bad choices and decisions. Much of my life was on track but all it takes is occasional bad choice and life will not go the way that it could. Don't make the same mistake I did.

Let's take a journey over the next 8 weeks to a better place. A place of healing, wholeness, victory and joy. You don't have to know all the steps, just take one at a time and let God do the rest!

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Be blessed!

Jack