Healing

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The first step in managing a stressful painful past is to forgive the people who hurt you and leave them in the past where they belong. Do not continue carrying them in your mind and thereby marring your present. Cut the cords of bitterness binding them to your heart and reduce the tension in your life by forgiving and forgetting them so that you can reach forward into your future unencumbered.

If the urge to revenge hinders you from forgiving them, remind yourself that God says vengeance is His and He will repay. (Romans 12:19) Cry out to Him in prayer so that He can deal with all those who have hurt you. Scriptures you can pray include Lamentations 3:59 which asks God to judge your case Himself as He has seen how you have been wronged.

Don't waste your time plotting retaliation. Remind yourself of the Pharaoh of Egypt who killed many Israelite babies and yet in his own palace, he ended up feeding and educating Moses, an Israelite, who later freed all the Israelite slaves from their Egyptian masters.

Learn also from Joseph after his father Jacob died, when his brothers were afraid that he would punish them for selling him into slavery but he told them not to be afraid and asked them if he was in the place of God to avenge himself. (Genesis 50:19)

So do not attempt to take God’s place and avenge yourself. Leave the issue with Him for He knows how best to balance the scales of justice for God is a just judge. Trust Him and His judgment and His chastisement and you will be able to declare to Him that you smile at your enemies because you rejoice in His salvation. (1 Samuel 2:1).

If you have difficulties forgetting the pain from your past, seek Christian counselling so that you can be healed emotionally. Then ask God to help you forget the painful past as He helped Joseph forget his for Joseph even named his first son Manasseh which means to forget.

The second step of dealing with a painful past is to be fruitful in your present. Joseph named his second son Ephraim which mean fruitful for God had helped him be fruitful. So engage your mind and body in a constructive, productive cause like Joseph who was fully engaged in preparing for the looming famine by storing grain. Joseph was also married to Asenath and they had two lovely sons so balance your life by filling it with fulfilling relationships.

Adapted from SWORD WORDS by Dr. Miriam Kinai (C) 2007

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