[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”It is critical as we move from…” _builder_version=”4.4.3″]<\/p>\n
It is critical as we move from staying at home and self-distancing because of Covid-19, to living well again. It is important to stay focused and heal. You\u2019ve undoubtedly heard the expression \u201ctime heals all wounds.\u201d Time only extends the pain if the problem isn\u2019t dealt with. People often tell me that they are carrying hurts for thirty years and longer. Wounds that are left untended fester and spread infection. Truth is we can infect others with our wounds that are unforgiven. <\/p>\n
We are told there may be set backs with the Coronavirus, will return, if we don\u2019t do the right things with help through medical experts. Truth, if we don\u2019t do the right thing to heal personal wounds, we will spread the infection of anger, disgust and even hate. Healing requires HONESTY and TRUTH. Realizing you don\u2019t want to live any longer with pain and hurt that controls your energy even making you feel powerless at times is the FIRST STEP.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life, free from hurt, is the will to try to forgive and the faith to believe it possible\u201d. Rich DeVos<\/p>\n
When we wake up in the morning, we have many choices to make throughout the day. We can choose to take a shower, to eat breakfast, what to wear, go for a jog, go to work, even carry the deep hurt from other people. The most important choice you can make is your ATTITUDE.<\/p>\n
William James, a modern psychologist, said, \u201cthe greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter their life by altering our attitude.\u201d Abraham Lincoln said, \u201cPeople are happy as they make up their mind to be\u201d. We can live ungrateful or to be grateful.<\/p>\n
I choose to live with Gratitude because of all the blessings God has given to life.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve been listening or reading information from an official Task Force on Covid-19, doing testing. We may think there isn\u2019t a task force to help heal our personal wounds. TRUTH is we do have a great task force where millions have tested and found healing through the Serenity Prayer. We don\u2019t have to wait for the testing, this prayer works.<\/p>\n
You may have heard or read the first four line of the \u201cPrayer for Serenity\u201d, the following is the complete prayer. I encourage each of us to pray as often as we can and become a beneficiary of healing.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Serenity Prayer” _builder_version=”4.4.3″ header_2_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center”]<\/p>\n
God, grant me the serenity
\nTo accept the things I cannot change,
\nThe courage to change the things I can,
\nAnd the wisdom to know the difference.
\nLiving one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time;
\nAccepting hardship as a pathway to peace;
\nTaking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it;
\nTrusting that You will make all things right, if I surrender to Your will;
\nSo that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
\nAnd supremely happy with You forever in the next.
\nAmen<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”We have learned that Covid-19…” _builder_version=”4.4.3″]<\/p>\n
We have learned that Covid-19 takes time to heal and the power of people to go to the front lines to help. Some people it takes days, weeks and months. As each of us have a different timing to heal physically, the same is true with deep emotional wounds. However, we can and will heal.<\/p>\n
Forgiving others requires courage to have the attitude of good judgment and willingness, it also requires a good sense of time. Praying requires a working partnership with God and timing to heal. \u201cThere is a right time for everything. There is a time to let things happen, there is a right time and a wrong time to offer forgiveness or to make amends.\u201d<\/p>\n
The great risk for not healing personal wounds is doing nothing. The front line for healing personal wounds means going to the front line with God, His only Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
God will meet all our needs,<\/p>\n
Darlene<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is critical as we move from staying at home and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlenearber.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}