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The Damage of Dysfunction and the Hope of Healing

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This one’s been on my heart and mind for many years.   I speak from first-hand experience.  Starting in childhood, this set the course for much of my life and my view of myself, my worth and even of God.   Maybe it’s familiar to you as well.   Healing can come, but it takes time.   The Enemy knows the triggers and will do his best to keep you in bondage.   That said, here we go… I'm fascinated by old houses.  Their character and charm intrigue me and all of the unique details, many hand-wrought, are something rarely found in today's construction.  I used to poke my husband and say "wouldn't it be amazing to get an old house and restore it?!"  He, in turn, would cringe and start to twitch...to me it was a work of art, to him, just a lot of work.  What I failed to see was so often the houses would have hidden issues, damage to the foundation, rotting wood from years of neglect and lack of proper care.  The damage wasn...

The image in the mirror

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Self-Image.   If we’re honest, a lot of us struggle in this area.  I don’t know about you, but I’m not really one to look in the mirror and think “Wow, I look good!”  Most days it’s more like “Well, this is as good as it’s going to get.”  The mirror shows me the flaws.  The ‘less than’ reaches out and catches my eye, demands my attention, and reinforces to me that I’m far from beautiful.  But today, I read something that caught my attention in a different way. Psalm 84:1 “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty.”   And I stopped…and began to think about what that really means.   If I have Christ in my heart and life, and if the Holy Spirit indwells me, then I am God’s dwelling place.   And if I am God’s dwelling place….that makes me lovely.   Lovely.   Beloved.   Worthy.   1 Corinthians 3:16-17 says “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your ...