Emotional Healing - Part IIA - Revelation Can Bring Joy

Yesterday, God showed me something, that even though I already knew it - it brought me great joy. If I had two "life" messages, it would be "the joy of the Lord is your strength" and "root of rejection." Because for many, many years, I suffered from a root of rejection, clinically known as "Rejection Syndrome" or "Avoidance Personality Disorder."

I didn't know any of that. I only knew I seemed different from others. I was shy and easily hurt as a child. Some of my fellow students in school took advantage of that. Through the years, though, even before I knew what to call it - God was working and healing me.

My parents were fabulous. Their unconditional love showed me what real love was like. In college, very few people rejected me, and healing began.

Then, in the 80s, I met my husband. The best man for me with his temperament. His unconditional love again showed me more of God's love and healed more.

Fourteen years ago, I was in a Bible School, and with practically her opening statement, one of our teachers said, "About half of you have a root of rejection and you need to be delivered of it." I figured it was the other half of the class, because I was feeling good at the time.

Over the years, more hurts, rejections and revelations have shown me God's healing ways. Just yesterday, I noticed when I looked at Wikipedia's description of rejection syndrome, I realized two things:

1.   Yep, that's what I had all right. Almost everything they described fit me in the past.

2.    And then it hit me - I'm not like that anymore.

That was a revelation to me. I'm NOT like that anymore! Praise the Lord! I think I'm healed. The only way to know is to be tested in it.

I have a weekend retreat outline that I've done for two of my best friends, because a clinical psychologist (who is also a writer) once told me she thought that would be the best way to bring about a healing change in others. We had a great weekend a few years ago.

I have great joy in knowing that God has brought me from rejection to acceptance. In the beloved.

The key is God's love: the more you accept His love, the more healing you get.

Next up: Back to the Strength of the Lord. What is it?

What do you think? Do you have rejection issues? Do you know someone who has? Leave a comment and let me know. May God Bless you today.

Emotional Healing & Prophetic Words - Part 1

If you're like me, we feel covered and heavy in the midst of winter sometimes. Snow can be heavy and burden down my holly bush. But notice the holly bush is blooming with berries. It's fruitful in the middle of winter.

We feel like that - burdened down with worries, failures, depressions. Sometimes, it's all we can do just to say we still love Jesus, and we'll still follow Him. Because, where else would we go? Who else has the words that will bring us eternal life.

Many of you know I had a big disappointment in ministry seven years ago. God is good, though. He helped begin healing in a number of ways. He gave me dreams that pointed out generational problems, plus showed me my own decisions and how they affected outcomes. He had already shown me about the root of rejection I've carried since before I was born. He's given measures of healing through the last thirteen years. He is faithful to help us.

I recently submitted a prophetic word I received nine years ago to my pastor. He helped me understand a few things about myself. It helped. Somehow, without bells and whistles, healing has been coming to me in the last couple of weeks.

I've had some dramatic emotional healing experiences with God before, where I wept and felt His love strongly on me. But this one was quiet. And a quiet joy has come with it.

And one thing I know...the JOY of the LORD is our strength. That verse and the songs it has inspired, has almost been one of my life theme songs. I've laughed and laughed, and cried and cried. Each joy, when it comes to my emotions, is different. Each brings its own revelation of God's love for me.

Because that's what the healing. God's love and our revelation of it.

Next Up: Tapping into God's Joy for Us, which will bring healing.