Sometimes Pressing Pause Is Healing

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  One of the greatest lessons I've learned on this healing journey is that healing isn't always about moving constantly. Sometimes it's about knowing when to stop. I recently had to pause my 365 Days of Healing series because of a critical family emergency. Out of respect for my loved ones and their privacy, I won't be sharing the details. I simply ask for your prayers and understanding during this time. At first, I wanted to push through. I wanted to keep creating, encouraging, and showing up every day. But I realized something important: I cannot pour into others when my own mind, heart, and body need rest. For many of us, especially those who have lived in survival mode, we believe stopping means failing. We feel guilty for resting. We think we have to keep going no matter what. But that's not what healing is about. Healing teaches us to listen to our bodies, honor our emotions, and trust God enough to step away when life demands our attention elsewhere. This pa...

He Restores In His Time

 


This was written in the early part of 2024 but I decided to revise it and place it here as part of my case for justice in every area of my life. We are currently praying 3 times a day collectively, for justice to be served, by the Good and Just Judge our Father God. 

I’ve come to realize there are pieces of my past—entire moments, conversations, even people—that I can't remember. The impact of childhood, complex trauma, repeated emotional pain, prescribed drugs, marijuana use, alcoholism, and even a blow to the head have caused memory blocks that feel like empty pages in my story.

But I want to be clear: I don’t intentionally disregard people—unless harm was done. What I’ve experienced has affected me deeply, but it doesn’t define my heart.

 I also recognize this: there are more unhealed people than healed ones. Some choose not to confront their pain. Others don’t even realize healing is needed. But for those of us doing the work—healing, growing, learning, overcoming—boundaries are vital. Not to be cold or distant, but to protect our peace, our progress, and our purpose.

Emotional pain can be one of the worst kinds of pain.
But it teaches. It humbles. It awakens.

To truly heal, we must:

  • Acknowledge what we feel and why

  • Communicate when we can

  • Process and release

  • Learn the lesson so we don’t repeat the pattern

And even in the places where we feel lost or broken—God is able.
He can restore memories.
He can redeem the time.
He can make all things new—in His will, in His way, and in His timing.

“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten...” – Joel 2:25

You are not forgotten. You are not beyond healing. You are not too far gone.
God is able.

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