Inner Healing for Broken Vessels

I believe the key to Inner healing is found in Psalms 51:6, God desires truth in the inward parts and in the hidden part He gives us wisdom. When we break the enemy of silence and cry out to the only one that can heal emotional wounds, Jesus, we are healed. I believe the wisdom that we receive in the hidden part is a new way of thinking about our situation. Often times, God does not change our situation; He changes our perception of the situation. When we see things differently we act differently!

When I was manager of the bookstore at my church I built relationships with many of my customers. One of my favorite customers came into the bookstore one Sunday morning looking for a book for singles. While there were several books available, they did not meet her needs because people who were ‘happily' married were the writers. What she was looking for was someone who was going through the struggles that she was going to. She wanted someone who could speak to those ‘right now' issues that she encountered daily. There's a lot of truth in that; no one can tell a single woman's story better than a single woman. Once we've been set free from our issues of life, we are better able to comfort others with the comfort we have received (2 Cor. 1:3).

So having been set free from my issues of life, my testimony is, I overcame by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of my testimony! It all began when I began to look at Aritha through the eyes of the Creator. My healing began when I started to accept Aritha, with her many faults and imperfections, as one chosen by God, signed, sealed, and seated as it says in Ephesians Chapter 1, before the foundation of time! When I got a hold of that, I was armed and extremely dangerous. Think about it, we have been accepted by the Numero Uno Inspector before we were given a life to mess up!

Some time ago during a staff meeting, we were brainstorming about the best teaching method to building relationships. We all threw out different thoughts and perspectives, but one of the elders stuck with one thought. No matter where we tried to go he would bring us back to the same point: You have to know who you are in Christ! Until we know that, we can't even relate to ourselves. That understanding, my friend, is not only the beginning of wisdom; it is the beginning of healing for you. Only a loving and compassionate God can heal the wounds of the past and He can only do that when we are yielded, submitted and willing to give Him our messed up life.

Here's where we start?
- Forgive yourself and those that have wounded you and those whom you have wounded (Matt 6:14-15).
- Feed your spirit positive affirmations from the Word of God. Some of my favorites are Psalms 91; 139:14; Jer. 29:11; Rom. 8: 28-39 and Eph 1. - Read self-help books. Two books that really impacted my life were How to Win Over Depression by Tim LaHaye and the Bondage Breaker by Neil Anderson. Other good books are Inner Healing for Broken Vessels by Linda H. Hollis and Healing for Damaged Emotions by David A. Seamands.
- Get involved in a Bible Study; support group or prayer circle.

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