Healing Through God, From My Inner Wounded Child

Sometimes we feel abandoned, unloved, not safe, or like we are losing our identity.  Some of us may have suffered through the storms of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.  We may have been abused at school or in church, and as a result of all of these events in our lives we suffer from toxic shame.

Mark 10: 13, 16 say, “And they brought young children to him that he should touch them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.  And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them”.

We grow up with parents that were just doing what they were taught, and often they do not know how to be parents themselves.  Children do learn what they live, so parents do the things from the experiences of what was done to them.

There is a silent cry that only Jesus can hear.  Children awaken my own sense of self when I seen them hurting, struggling, testing, or when I am watching their eyes and listening to their hearts.  Children are gifts from God, if we will accept them.

A child looks at the world and us with fresh eyes, and their attitudes are free of cynicism.  A child’s heart is open, and s/he has the ability to react spontaneously to the events in their lives.  What they feel is who they are.  Close observation can help us.

A child’s simple honesty can serve us well, and a child will instinctively trust those who take care of them.  God says in His word that we must humble ourselves as little children to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.  There is healing and deliverance in God, and God desires to heal the child inside of us that has been wounded and hurt-the child that no longer trusts.