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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
have you read it?
Are We There Yet? Recognizing the Will of God
their comments make perfect sense. As you can see, there is a list of categories you can now choose from. I'm not sure how it came about. It was never a decision I made, it just evolved into something more than a ministry exclusively for women who have been sexually abused.
And the reality is, my testimony, which can be read in my book The Jonah Chronicles, is about so much more than overcoming the effects of child sexual abuse. The truth is, many bad choices were made from the depravity of my childhood, long after the abuse had ended. And with those choices, came an incredible amount of dysfunction.
I recently shared my testimony with a Celebrate Recovery group and just before I was introduced, I read the list of "hang ups" listed on the program handout:
alcoholism, divorce, sexual abuse, codependency, domestic violence, drug addiction, sexual addiction, over/under eating, gambling, overworking, abandonment, anxiety, anger, depression,perfectionist, fear, lying, overspending, abused/abuser, grief, insecurity, guilt, loneliness, financial struggles, relationship problems, slave to something, too busy, frustrated, and or lost.
Wow. My life has been affected by every hang-up on that list, with the exception of gambling, unless you count getting involved with a drug addict and thinking I could keep him clean. It's mind boggling really, how Christ came into my heart and began to unravel the layers of crazy over my life; some of it self-inflicted, though certainly not all.
There are many circumstances that can make a woman feel desperate and overwhelmed. Most of us were not hurt by one neat little topic at a time and most of us don't heal that way either. Damage and the redemption of it have a way of spilling over into more than one area of our lives. And so, you'll find that blog topics will vary.
The goal for all of us is to follow the Savior's lead. He may lead us into a healing process over abuse for several months, and then turn our attention to something else for a while. It's a process...a journey really, and He decides on the scenery from one day to the next, not us.
The longer I held His hand on the journey to healing, the less concerned I became about "healing." Christ slowly became the sought after prize in my life and one day I looked up and I was no longer bound to that long list of hang-ups...by then my freedom was in knowing who He created me to be.
Spend some time with God today...alone. I don't offer you easy steps to healing, but I will validate you, comfort you, equip you from personal experience, and honor you along the way. Your journey to healing may look completely different than mine, but we share the same Healer. Follow Him into your own destiny.
And you my friend, will have a story to tell!
Published on Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 5:22 PM CDT
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