Spoken

A Moment Can Change Everything or Nothing

You never know who your friends are until they know you. I mean, really, know you. Secrets are a dark place. It often takes great effort to keep them, especially if they are secrets of trauma, injustice, or hurt. We all have secrets. It is my fervent prayer that your secrets are only of good things but often that is not the case.

Sometimes those dark secrets bubble up in us until the words, we find, are on our lips seemingly of their own volition. It is so important to reveal these secrets in a safe place; a councelors office, or in the privacy of an intimate relationship, or with those you have confidence in and trust. There is occassion however, when the words come unbidden and you have to place your trust, however fragel, in the hands of those whom the truths of the darkness were revealed. It is at this time, that it is essential to not beat yourself up for speaking out. Whats done is done and there is no drawing back of words once spoken. This is how you will find out who your friends are. Some people will draw away, a natural response to not knowing how to respond. Some people will support you, pray for you, and reguard your words as bravery even if they came as a result of “word puke”. Those, the ones who do not abandon you, are to be called friend.

Healing of those dark places can come from this unintentional spilling, and from finding Jesus in the midst of those secrets. Secrets take on a life of their own within our psyche and our soul. They may start out as a ball of darkness that we just keep swallowing down. Each time we swallow the words, the ball becomes bigger and bigger. It becomes somewhat ravenous to be exposed, and will try to escape at any open oppertunity. However, exposing the secrets can sometimes cause more trauma if not handled in an appropriate manner by someone who knows how to bring Jesus into the situation, who knows how to bring thruth to where the lies are rooted.

In our secrets, the lies of the enemy just keep growing because we have given a foot hold. We may feel revulsion not only at the secret we are keeping but toward ourselves because of lies we believe about ourselves. Let me tell you right now, that anything negative you are feeling about yourself is a lie straight out of the pit of Hell, because God does not see you that way and God is Truth. Jesus can shine light where there was once only darkness. The chains that bind us can be broken and those secrets and lies, once Jesus is involved, can hold no power over us. Our power comes from the Lord Jesus! The word of God says explicitly, in 2^nd Tim 1:7 For god has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, love, and a sound mind. So anything that we feel about ourselves, and our secrets, that is anything but this, is a lie.

Were you hurt? Jesus was there and protected you because you are here reading this now. Were you abandoned? Jesus is there for you, He says, I will never leave you or forsake you. Were you neglected? Jesus is there to make whole what was broken.

No matter what you are going through right now, no matter what secrets you are keeping, Know this. You are the beloved of God. That is how He sees you. He is not looking at what is wrong with you because He only sees you through the eyes of Jesus. His beloved child. He cherishes you more than you ever dreamed possible. We are so loved. We are His beloved.

If you don’t know this loving God of whom I speak, contact me and let me introudce you. It is one thing you will never, ever regret.

Out of my own healing, I love each and every one of you. Be well Beloved, release the darkness and come into the light. There is healing. There is wholeness for I am not a sick person seeking wholeness but a whole person living in freedom.