First Pathway to Healing - Comprehensively
Embracing Past Pain – Part II
Because embracing pain feels like a
weak response, most people refuse this first pathway of healing. We despise weakness in people because we so
greatly detest it within ourselves.
Healing ironically ensues if a person willingly and open-mindedly
retrieves divine power and personal insight embedded within any
catastrophe. Whereas anger initially
feels empowering, it is fundamentally toxic.
As resentment significantly increases, your anger turns inwardly. In addition to poisoning your heart and soul,
anger adversely effects your body. It
seems reasonable that bitterness and stress could contribute to cancer and
other debilitating diseases.
Nevertheless, embracing pain is preferable to heartache and emotional
paralysis. Mystically and
providentially, Almighty God transforms disappointment and betrayal into
cathartic means of change. Reminiscent
of a refiner’s fire, these experiences burn dross and other sediments out of
our character. Elimination of latent
character defects is critical for inner healing and wholeness. Otherwise, we repeat choices and behavior
that undermine our good and growth.
Welcoming opportunities for growth embedded in daily problems is the
more preferable pathway to healing.
Utilizing pain is a strange and
mysterious method to acquire spiritual attributes. St. Thomas Aquinas simply defined humility as
the truth. In accepting undistorted
facts of any difficult period, a person obtains greater humility which enables
him or her to empathize with fellow sufferers.
Open-mindedness additionally is an invaluable spiritual quality. Anyone recovering from past pain can glean
wisdom and support from fellow sufferers of different ethnic, racial and
cultural backgrounds. Willingness
perfectly complements humility and open-mindedness as a person intentionally
embraces painful experiences and develops empathy for all members in the human
family. Reading books and taking
academic courses do not impart this knowledge.
This knowledge from the “anvils of experience” emerges within “the school
of hard knocks.” As people internalizes these lessons, they relate more
harmoniously with spouses, children, coworkers and friends.
Humility offers yet another spiritual
asset. It fosters genuine reliance upon
Almighty God when crises and circumstances overwhelm inner resources. Even the toughest person will falter
underneath sustained challenges.
Enduring encouragement and empowerment from longstanding friends will
proves insufficient at times. There are
obstacles and afflictions which human power cannot resolve. At such junctures in life, it is imperative
to seek divine assistance. God uses
human weakness to demonstrate His power.
When Paul asks the Lord to remove a thorn in his flesh, the Lord
responds, “My grace is sufficient for you; my power is made perfect in your
weakness.” What an amazing irony! Admission of human frailty enables a person
to utilize God’s power to triumph over adversities. Embracing incapacities and inadequacies
empowers a person with divine power.
Access to God’s power is available to individuals who realize God’s
sovereign willingness and ability to help them. Practically speaking, humility
means relying genuinely upon God in contrast to rugged individualism.
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