A while back a dear friend of mine gave my email address to a lady he had met whose story reminded him of mine. Christina dropped me a line by email and we got acquainted by swapping stories. I was amazed by the grace of God in helping her heal from a horrific experience. He had gone about bringing her healing in ways that would never have reached me, but that created this beautiful, spiritual woman who loves God and knows the price of forgiveness.
It's always helpful to find someone who has experienced something similar in life, but what really impacted me was how God uses unique ways with each of his children to bring them out of darkness and into his light.
I had long hoped that I could bring the methodology that had been used with me to the Catholic world. I was pretty convinced that nothing else would work as well as the steps he had carried me through. But over time, and as a result of stories like Christina's, I've realized that God's healing comes through methods as unique as each of his children. No cookie cutter methodology fits all situations. While I do believe that the two most important elements of healing are forgiveness and confession, I also trust the perfect Father of us all to know how best to heal his children.
That has produced a desire to rework the manuscript I've been working on for the last couple of years. It has also been very humbling to realize that only God knows what's best for us. It requires openness to the Holy Spirit to know how to be a support to those in need of healing.
Christina has started a blog and I know you would find it a powerful reminder of how God triumphs over our brokenness and makes all things new. Don't miss the opportunity to read her story and praise God for her healing. Meanwhile, pray for so many who are hurt and in despair. Pray that God's healing touch come to them in his unique way.
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