Nugget 2.12 (4)
Stepping-Stones of Healing, Prayer, and Rediscovered Belonging in God
Dear Reader,
If you are someone who suffered trauma inducing abuse or neglect as a child, the wounds in your body may still rob you of the Peace that comes from KNOWING you are unconditionally loved.
You may have lived in denial, till as an adult you needed to face the Truth of your Pain and Loss.
Or you limped through life trying to fix yourself with a lack of understanding of what ‘sin’ is and half-hearted, second-hand commitment to His Love and Life for you.
Once more these nuggets challenge the broken understanding in those who have suffered lovelessness - and are still trying to find healing through more condemnation!
These Nuggets are given us to speak God’s Truth and Love into our Broken Hearts.
Monday 20th April, 2020
Complete surrender My dearest child, to My Will - doing good to those who persecute you, involve for Me, and pray for them.
(So be it Lord, I will do the weeding I have been asked to do. I put the completion of the icon in Your hands. Come Holy Spirit.)
Child of Righteousness - be humble and full of grace.
Tuesday 21st April, 2020
Darling of My Heart - as we become closer - silence will embrace you more in Love, Trust and Humility before My Grace and face. You will know my Love in New Ways - beyond the world and previous understanding. I will lift you to new heights and new responsibilities in Love. You will know yourself as God’s child, hidden in Me.
Thursday 23rd April, 2020
P.S. ‘St Nicodomus (of Mount Athos) came into my mind - again- during prayer and I finally looked him up. He promoted the Hesychast prayer (essentially stillness and the Jesus Prayer * and all prayer ‘of the Heart’)- and Beauty as a way of salvation. I was lifted out of the mire my heart was in yesterday - and persevered with the icon-work I had been asked to do - and more ‘building work’ re the garden fence and shed….Glory to God.
*The Jesus Prayer has a number of shorter, or longer versions but built around, ‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy of me/us’.
Friday 24th April, 2020
The sun welcomes you dear child - but stay with Me to complete the icon - then do that bindweed removal in the other’s garden.
Do not be afraid of My Name on your lips at all times - and My Praise in your heart. I Am the Light of the World - and its Lightness. In you, darkness and despair that nothing will change for women - in Me - Light and Trust.
As you travel this journey of redemption we are facing the challenges of deeper wounds. But He will never give us more than we can cope with - WITH HIM!
So this week I realised I was needing to allow the Holy Spirit into the memory of the situation that caused the deepest trauma wound - with actual physical pain arising now from a fall when I slipped on mud! All I can say is ‘Glory to God who brought me through and gave me life for all those years, and now brings me integration of the physical and emotional pain.
Truly my hope in still in Him….but I know I don’t need to keep ‘running from the pain’ - I can choose for His Joy and Love.
Good strength to keep persevering in faith and prayer.