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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?
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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The Power of Sitting in the Presence of God
Lately, I've been spending more time basking in the presence of God. I don't have much to say, I just need more of Him. Sitting quietly in His presence with no desire to identify and manipulate how He works in my heart, has always been one of the key elements in spiritual breakthroughs in my life.
Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 8:25 PM CDT
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The Subtle Ways We Unknowingly Emasculate Our Sons
A sobering subject, but one that's been on my heart lately. And as usual, I'm writing about the lessons I've learned the hard way.
Last weekend my husband, Michael, took our ten-year-old, Zach, on an adventure. Never mind that it was twenty-seven degrees outside. They sat at the kitchen table with a map and a highlighter, plotting their attack on the grasslands.
I did what mom's do best--served up a "manly" breakfast and smiled the "you-guys-are-crazy-smile" as they loaded up the jeep. And then off they went, with the windows rolled down, so that our two labs could feel the wind on their faces. Did I mention it was twenty-seven degrees outside?
Ahhh... A woman with the house to herself. "Thank you, God, for the day they will have together and for how far you've brought our family."
At 5:30 PM they returned, covered in mud, and with pictures to prove how they got that way. I watched a video of Zach climbing an enormous tree, its roots exposed, right off the bank of a lake. I quickly pointed out that if Zach had fallen, he would've landed in the freezing water. I wish I had a picture of the smile on my husbands face when he proudly exclaimed, "I know, I wanted to see if he was strong enough to do it!"
I realize more than ever, how important it is for boys to be provided with opportunities to be strong and effective every day. (Girls, too, but their opportunities are presented differently.)I have three sons, so today it's about mom's and boys.
Published on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 12:38 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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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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