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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...proof that there is beauty to be gained from a breakdown.
--Wendy J. Saxton, Ordinary Woman
have you read it?
Is God sovereign over your healing process?
According to Wikipedia: sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law which no purely legal explanation can be provided.
Sounds similiar to Isaiah 55:9: "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts are higher than your thoughts."
Whether you call it a "healing process" or a "journey," it's of paramount importance that you understand who your physician/tourguide is. I'll give you a hint: It can't be you.
I know firsthand that you can be a church-program-junkie, commit to Christian counseling, never miss a church sermon, and still manage to inch God right out of it if your main focus is on how you will heal instead of who will heal you.
Published on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:38 AM CDT
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Are We There Yet? Recognizing the Will of God
When The Medicine Place was still a dream in my heart, more than one godly person who I respected told me that it wouldn't look like I thought it would. I found that to be disconcerting. I had high hopes of providing a safe place for survivors of sexual abuse to gather resources and receive encouagement anonymously.
Eighteen months later,
Published on Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 5:22 PM CDT
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Deeper Still
I've made several attempts to write this week...to no avail. Christmas is my favorite time of year, but it also requires a little more of my time: to bake, fellowship with loved ones, and to snuggle up with my youngest son and watch movies. My friend, Carrie, has a son who used to refer to those moments as "cuddle-uh-zations." Don't you love that?
I was going to write early this morning, but I found myself sitting in front of my fireplace with two adorable labs at my feet and my Bible in my lap. I sang, I prayed, I read, I listened, I napped. I guess you could say that God and I had a "cuddle-uh-zation."
When I encourage you to go deeper, you can rest assured that God continues to tap me on the shoulder and take me deeper too. And in the midst of everything wonderful about the Christmas season, He did just that this morning.
I often pray that God will expand my territory in ministry. Today He led me to Isaiah 26:15;
"You have increased the nation, O Lord, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land."
Beautiful isn't it? But once again, God is showing me that before physical territory can be expanded, the territory in our hearts must first be expanded by Him. For me, going deeper is always uncomfortable. But I am willing to follow the Savior and I pray that you are too. We're in this together!
How about you? Has God tapped you on the shoulder and asked you to spend more time alone with Him? You may not be praying to cover more territory in ministry, but maybe you would like to be more effective in your workplace or in personal relationships. If you feel in your spirit that it's time to be still, then He will bless your obedience.
Often times, we want the blessing, but we aren't willing to take the time it requires with Him to be prepared to receive it. We must ask Him to prioritize each day, allowing for time alone with Him. I know it's challenging. Last night I missed a dinner party that I was really looking forward to. The sitter got sick and no one else was available. I could have gone without my husband, but I didn't have peace about it. So I stayed home and realized how much we needed to be home last night. (Of course, God already knew that!)
But it is written:
"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of
man,
The things which God has
prepared for those who love
Him."
But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. (1 Corinthians 2:9-10 NKJV)
Published on Friday, December 4, 2009 @ 10:37 AM CDT
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What do you need from God?
It was a strange request to a single mother at her wits end. Looking back I can see that my response opened the door to the great journey of trusting God.
Published on Monday, August 31, 2009 @ 6:24 PM CDT
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