Healing

Hey everyone. So, I decided to talk about healing because I feel like that’s something that so many of us struggle with especially emotionally. That’s something that I’ve struggled with quite a bit through out the years because of different stuff I’ve gone through. Especially with some of the stuff I was told in high school and Ottumwa Job Corp as well because with Job Corp while it was an amazing experience there were also people both students and staff that did hurt me emotionally. Which is something that I haven’t talked about very much because there are times that I’ve struggled with communication partly because I come from a family that doesn’t always communicate when there’s something wrong either that or have gotten into fights which growing up was hard both with family and different people outside of my family. To where at Job Corp there was 1 particular staff member that I can think of that some of the stuff that person said made me keep my distance from that person because that person didn’t realize that I am a slow learner to where she didn’t think I was studying even told me that which did hurt and is honestly why I’ve chosen not to have her in my life anymore plus she was involved in drama way too much to where there was times that I wondered if she should be a teacher. Maybe you’ve gone through or am currently going that. I just want to encourage you that even though people say and do hurtful things that DOES NOT DEFINE YOU God defines you and that it’s okay to not have a particular person in your life if they’ve hurt you whether it’s verbally or physically or both. A verse that has encouraged me over the years including throughout my time at Job Corp is Jeremiah 29:11-12 which says;” For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. “Even though people have hurt you through out life that doesn’t mean that God doesn’t care about you because he does! He cares about you more than anyone ever will just like these verses talk about God has a plan for you and even though you might be hurting right now God will heal those wounds in HIS TIMING you just need to patient and lean on God through life and when you are hurting just either say out loud or think to your self God’s got me in his arms, so I don’t need to worry about anything! Something that my mom and a few other people have told me over the years especially those who have seen what I’ve gone through over the years is to stop being negative to myself because it’s easy to do that especially when for example you’re going through a bad breakup which I know from experience is hard to go through especially when you have a hard time with communication in general which can lead to really bad trust issues. That’s something that I still have a hard time with when I first meet someone.  Because trusting people can be hard and while now there’s definitely some people that I trust there are some that I’m cautious about trusting which isn’t a bad thing. Just like being single isn’t a bad thing because for me I’ve chosen to be single and not get back into dating just yet because I just want to focus on me and my relationship with God because those are the most important things especially your relationship with God because he’s the one person that you can trust with your whole life even when life is stressful. That’s something that has helped me with my own healing journey which is different for everyone. For me, my healing journey involves learning to open up again and actually communicating with people because growing up especially in high school sometimes there were times that I can be noticeably quiet because that’s how I deal with my emotions just being quiet. Maybe that’s how you are sometimes well something that I’ve learned is that it’s okay to be quiet just as long as you don’t hide your emotions because there are people in this world that you can trust even if it’s just a few. Having a few friends is ok you don’t have to popular with everyone A good verse that talks about friendship is Proverbs 18:24 which says;” A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Depending on the church your church family can be those friends that sticks closer than a brother. As I close, I want to challenge you to find at least 1 person that you can trust with whatever is going on in your life because it can really help both right now and in the future, whatever might come and to ALWAYS trust God with your life because he really does care about you! As always, if you need someone to talk to, have any prayer requests, have any questions feel free to comment below, e-mail me at Homeschoolgradblog@gmail.com or message me on Facebook. Thanks for reading!