Healing Journeys

How many individuals talk about their healing journey? Question: is that actually biblical for Christians? The answer could be yes and no. When some talk about said journey, they center on a single issue, or perhaps a few, and turn it into a lifelong expedition. Do you suppose the Lord intended for us to carry emotional pain for years and years? Did He intend for us to carry trauma our entire life? Does He actually want us to dwell on our past, or perhaps more accurately, live there?
Healing journeys can turn pain into pets, which tend to keep one self-centered. They cause us to center on issues that are not in keeping with ones of which God might want us to focus. Such as repentance, loving others well and much more. It may actually rob Him of glory, and the honor He deserves. Especially when you consider why Jesus came to the earth. Have you considered so-called healing journeys are a form of bondage?
Some circle around their pain like those who circle around a fire and roast marshmallows. They are mesmerized by their hurts like those who gaze into the fire, and cannot turn their gaze from its hot embers. Ironically, focusing on the past continuously pierces the heart, while a campfire warms it, and the fire of God heals it. If one were to release his past, he might find the campfire far more enjoyable. Hmmm.
What does the Bible say about these things?  

Jesus Came to Heal the Brokenhearted

Luke 4:18,19,21 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. . . And He began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Jesus clearly says, “He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted.” To heal means to cure, or make whole. There is no partially healed about it. It is important to note that what Jesus said is what He meant. While He suffered for our sake, and we suffer for His sake (to varying degrees), He did not intend for us suffer from our past. All of us have, and/or will get hurt. Pain is inevitable; nonetheless, we do not have to endure it for the rest of our lives.
Jesus also said, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” He did not say will be fulfilled, and that means a broken heart does not have to wait until Heaven to be made whole.
Moreover Jesus said, “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you” (John 14:16-17).
What are some byproducts of Holy Spirit being with us? Love, joy, and peace, along with the rest of the fruit of the Spirit (see Galatians 5:22-23). Is suffering attached to these? Another consideration is some of the ways He shows up, which is known as the manifestation of the Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 12:7-11. One element listed is gifts of healing (verse nine). Notice its plural form, which points to the whole person (spirit, heart, soul, mind and body).
The point is there is healing for a broken heart, and for any trauma someone may be carrying. Without doing a deep dive, trauma is caused by a painful, stressful, or shocking experience. It is found or stored in the body (primarily the brain), which causes various emotional responses. It is not necessary to go through years of therapy in order to get better, or as some people think of it, cope with the pain.
Healing does not include coping with suffering, because there is nothing with which to cope when someone is healed. That being said, counseling with others can be beneficial with the help of Holy Spirit.

The Healing Process

Unexplainable emotional reactions and behavior are symptoms of trauma. There’s something under the surface that is trying manifest. When you cannot figure why certain things “trigger” you, which cause you to behave in ways that are not in character, that is a good time to seek counsel.
Holy Spirit does bring direct clarity when we ask for wisdom, but there may be times He leads us to others. They can help us sift through the muck, and see what is getting the in the way, as He guides the conversation. He may give that person a word of knowledge and/or a word of wisdom (see 1 Corinthians 12:8). The word of knowledge reveals what is going on, and the word of wisdom reveals the how to do deal with it. We actually do need each other. We can help one another see blinds spots, and point them out. As fun as that might be to the recipient, it does require humility to receive.
When clarity comes, so comes the opportunity to release the pain, and receive His perfect healing for us. He may simply ask you, “What do you want to do with it?” At which point you are given a choice: either release it, or keep it.” Sometimes the release means forgiving others, yourself, an event, or even God, Himself. Even though He is God, people sometimes hold Him in unforgiveness, even if they do not want to admit it.
Anecdotally speaking, I have found that once I have been healed, I may recall painful events, but I see them from a third person perspective. It’s like watching a movie about someone else’s experience, while being emotionally detached. It is as if the events never happened, and have no hold on my life. We can learn from our past, but we are not supposed to live there and suffer.
 Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.    

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