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Jack Nicolson put it brilliantly in the road-trip scene from the 1999 movie As Good As It Gets: Not everyone has a terrible story to get over. Some people have great stories; beautiful stories that take place in parks with friends and noodle salad. Good times, noodle salad. Just no one in this car.
If you're overwhelmed by your circumstances or need help facing a painful past, you're in the right place. I'm here to say, "You matter to God. It (whatever it is), matters to God." But no one can make that discovery for you. No matter what, don't give up. You are worth fighting for, and so is your family.
I realize now that the lessons I've learned through my toughest years of healing were never just for me. God had you in mind as well. You are why The Medicine Place exist.
Healing is a journey. And if I could go back in time and choose instant healing over what I went through, I would choose the long way. Because it was on that road that I discovered how beautifully my hand fits in my Savior's.
Welcome to The Medicine Place...where I happily share the steady doses of truth and light that brought me through many, many hardships.
Wendy J. Saxton
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Lack of accountability + Less time with God = Potential relapse
A few weeks ago Josh and Katie Hamilton shared a bit of their story at Gateway Church in Southlake, TX. Josh plays professional baseball for the Texas Rangers, loves the Lord, and shared openly about his battle with drug addiction. I wouldn't classify myself as a baseball fan, so when I first heard that he was going to share a bit of his testimony, I yawned and imagined yet another person in a suit standing on a platform, sharing some elusive story about how bad life used to be before the grace of God made life wonderful all of the time.
Published on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:46 PM CDT
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The Impact of Neglect
The other day I watered a plant that had gone neglected over the holidays. I had put it in the spare room to make room for "Christmas."
It was in desperate need of sunlight and water...attention. As I was watering my sad plant, in my spirit, I heard God say, "All forms of neglect grieve Me. I created plants, too."
It got me thinking. When we neglect a plant, an animal, a child, a parent, a spouse, a friend, a widow, an orphan; what and who He has created, it grieves Him.
Published on Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 8:24 AM CDT
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We Cannot Overcome What We Deny
More than anything, I want the church body to grasp that truth. It seems, in this day and age, that we've gotten away from good old fashioned confession.
I'm not referring to the confession of our sins, though that certainly applies, but confession of the areas of our lives that we flat out don't trust God with, whether it's a current issue, or something that happened years ago.
Published on Sunday, January 10, 2010 @ 7:55 PM CDT
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The Baby Steps of A Changing Heart
Just a little "light bulb moment" I want to share with anyone who is in a relationship with a drug addicted person.
Published on Saturday, November 14, 2009 @ 11:47 AM CDT
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Get Out of the Way
Several years ago I had a habit of enabling my boyfriend (now clean and sober husband's) drug addiction. I certainly couldn't see it at the time. I was just trying to "help": help him get off drugs and stay off drugs, help him keep his apartment clean, help him wake up on time so he wouldn't be late for work, help him become the man I needed him to be.
And then one day his sponsor said to me, "Michael would find God a lot faster if you and his grandmother would get out of the way and let him hit rock bottom."
He was right.
Published on Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 5:05 PM CDT
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