Hello sweet friends! It’s been just a little over one year writing here. Yikes, I can’t believe how fast time has flown by. This blog was born out of the desire to hopefully help others on their healing journey by sharing my story and healing. We all heal differently and most definitely from so many issues in our lives. One thing I’ve discovered on this journey is that when I began digging into all the layers, I found so much that needed healing that I became overwhelmed. I found that allowing God to direct those steps of my healing was crucial. I would try to go steps ahead and God just wanted me to sit still with Him and allow His presence to heal my heart. Last weekend I was feeling under the weather and was definitely stilled. I allowed myself to sit in the quiet, pray, meditate, and just be still and be with God. I also journaled and went back to read what I had written two years ago. That was part of the journey where I was still trauma-bonded. I had written that I was grateful for the pain I was feeling so that I could never be or feel this way again. I wrote about how each day I went with no contact I became stronger. Ya’ll this is no different than someone that has been addicted to drugs or alcohol. Every day they go without their drug of choice they also become stronger. There is such an empowerment of self as we take each day and become stronger and learn who we truly are for ourselves, family, and God.
Just as I celebrate a year writing to you guys, we celebrated one year of our local Celebrate Recovery. I can’t express how much this family of healing and beautiful people means to me. It’s such an honor and privilege to serve with such beautiful and broken souls healing together! God certainly has moved in my own healing journey by allowing me to write here, having so many followers on all my social media platforms, and allowing me to serve with our Celebrate Recovery. One of the greatest pleasures is meeting so many people in our community with the same goals: loving God, others, and healing. I love seeing their posts that celebrate how many days clean or sober they are. We are all the same I’ve been two years free of codependency. Two years free from trauma bond, two years free from people pleasing and chasing love in all the wrong places. There is so much to be grateful for and celebrate even when we think there isn’t. Most of all celebrate each other’s victories. What I love about my community of followers and my Celebrate Recovery family is that we encourage, love, and pray for one another. This is what it’s all about engaging in life together and being elbow to elbow encouraging and loving one another no matter what the struggle is. Most of all we celebrate our accomplishments. I challenge my reader today to do just that. Every day we walk and work among people that we have no idea what their struggle might be. Pray for those around you! Encourage them, smile at them, and celebrate with them. You never know who needs that one act of kindness. I saw something the other day and posted it on FaceBook. “When you see something beautiful in someone, tell them”. Yes, all of these ideas would make the world a better place if we all did them every day.
I hope that whatever you struggle with today, you realize this is just a moment in time, and that if you allow the Lord to help and connect with a group of people similar to you and your struggles, you too can heal and thrive, too. As always, I’m so grateful for you and will be praying for blessings and most of all healing and thriving.