The word trauma seems to appear everywhere these days. Surprising to me, even in the church. Historically, church leaders have looked askance at anything connected with psychology. There was a sense that if you saw a counselor outside the church, even a Christian in a different setting, you might compromise your faith. Perhaps they thought…
I share about trauma because it’s been a companion since before I was born. Yes. That’s right. Trauma has hereditary aspects, and a few infiltrated my body during my time in the womb. Three days is all it takes for the post-conception mind to start gathering information about what’s going on inside and outside the…
Confused? Uncertain? Terrified? You’ve got a lot in common with God’s children in 2 Chronicles 20 . . . and so do I. You aren’t surrounded by five (5) aggressive kings on the warpath, but the overwhelm you feel could match that of God’s people when they rushed to His Temple to be saved. I…
Out of the darkness into the light might be how someone would describe the step from unbelief to recognizing the person and work of Christ as our own, aka salvation. Discovering my way back to this screen was a similar process. You see, Survival Mode from trauma hijacked every scrap of mental energy and focus…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU You were surrounded by your parents’ abounding love and generous provision. Yet you chose the part of a slave rather than an heir. You had access to a life of ease with countless blessings. Yet you chose to suppress your desires rather than ask for what was available….
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU May has been a month of upheaval for me. Primarily because of Mother’s Day. The first shift came when a friend posted about Birth Mother’s Day, a holiday started in 1990 to honor mothers who make adoption possible. Her experience fired an immediate and intense reaction. That’s part…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU As a woman surround by a world full of toil and tumult, peace sure seems like a hard place to find let alone a way of life to settle into. Then again, maybe my desire and search for, my perception and goal of peace, are faulty.
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU Violent winds battered the ship as cross-currents threatened to haul her wildly off course. Passengers hunkered down in their cabins and crew members trembled in their bunks. Would the storm sink the vessel at sea or dash her against unmarked rocks?
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU If you’ll be on your own this Christmas, we match. Friends have expressed concern and offered invitations, but the intense holiday pace is stirring a need to draw apart … to rekindle intimacy with my God. Perhaps you’ll be by yourself by necessity not by choice, either way…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU We’ve probably all experienced betrayal. Some episodes are more painful and trying than others. Usually. the deeper the love and trust in the relationship, the more severe the shock, the more intense the pull toward vengeance, and the more powerful the fear we’ll never feel whole again. It…
