Healing From Trauma: The Science & the ScripturesSample

We cannot change the past. And the longer we live in the past, the longer we stay in bondage to what hurt us. Christ came to set us free.

But we must accept what has happened. Acceptance does not mean it was okay. Acceptance doesn’t mean justice is not required. Acceptance means that you don’t remain in the state of being a victim.

We are called to run our race (Hebrews 12:1). We cannot run our forward moving race while looking backwards.

The Science: When we fail to accept what was and remain living in the past, it has detrimental effects to our mental, spiritual, relational, and physical health. The inability to move forward has been linked to increased anxiety and depression, instability in relationships and a failure to operate at one's potential. When we operate outside of scripture, even in our healing, everything is impacted.

The Scripture: "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past." Isaiah 43:19

God is calling us to look forward to the NEW thing he is creating –a spring in our wilderness, hope in the desert places. In fact, he has completed this great new thing at the cross of calvary. There, we can lay down our hurts and pains and pick up the freedom that Jesus bought for us. That includes the bondage unacceptance has in our life. God is calling us to look at his new mercies each morning. To look at His grace which is sufficient for us. To look to His love that is molding us to be more like Jesus.