We are wounded in isolation and thus we are mended in the setting of a healthy community. Healing is possible in the presence of safety, compassion, and good care. Isn’t it incredible to know that this time together has the opportunity to be healing and to bring some level of freedom to a person as we bear witness to their story and their pain? What a privilege to join with another woman and with God in this way!
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the shadow of death to light. -Job 12:22
You are partnering with Trinity--Abba Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit for your heart and the hearts of your friends through The Deepening Journey. You are not alone! Thank God! The Presence of God in you - through your presence - is how the Kingdom comes here on earth. This is the place where Love rises in you and through you. May it be so!
In Psalm 3:3 David cries out to God asking him to be a shield and a “lifter of my head.” This lifting is the gift you can offer others. Essentially your way of being present says to them that you will not join the ranks of anyone that shames them for being too much or not enough or for being too out of step morally, and so on. You are there to lift their downcast eyes to a loving gaze that forgives and welcomes the weak and the wounded back home.
We ALL experience seasons of pain and suffering, and we experience seasons of being able to offer comfort and care. Both thread through our individual stories. Each season is part of our growth and maturity. In a sense, it helps to convey,
“You are right on time, and this is familiar to Jesus - He is well acquainted with grief.”
What an opportunity to see, hear, honor, and engage another, as women on the same path, in the middle of a journey, meeting in a sacred moment arranged for by God for his purposes in our lives!
