God Heals The Broken Heart And Binds Up Wounds

On Saturday last (Saturday, January 28), I went to a women's conference.  The host, a local anointed Gospel minister, knows from experience that God has a plan for all of us. This year the main speaker was an American minster, but each of the other women speakers were just as dynamic in her own right. 

I found out a few things at that seminar:

1. That abuse, especially child abuse, is more rampant than you think. So many times a victim of childhood sexual abuse may be hidden under the guise of a smiling, poised, beautiful woman who ministers to others. We look at them  and long to be like them, not knowing what they have gone through, or what they might be going through even as they minister. As Joyce Meyer sometimes say, you must never wish for someone's ministry or be  envious of her; you don't know what she went through to get where she is now. Going through the "preparation period" for the writing and counselling ministry that I believe that God would have for me, I know that there is a 'cost' to be paid.

2. That we Christians need to stop judging and pulling down each other. We need to walk in love. Jesus says that people will know that we are His disciples if we love one another. So many people are walking around hurting and may act and look funny. Others look on and laugh or reject these people. I unfortunately have done this, and I have been the recipient of this behaviour from other believers. Let us not let another wounded soldier die.

3. As I sat and heard each speaker, I knew that God had brought me there for a purpose. Each speaker honestly and plainly spoke about what they had gone through, and where they were now. I cried as I realized that man of their past and present experiences is what I was going through now. For example, I often of them said that at one point in time, when she heard people laugh or talk, she thought they were speaking or talking about her, and she would react very negatively. This was due to the abuse in her childhood,. I do so, too because of insecurities due to certain situations in my life.  A next speaker talked also spoke about  how you have to walk in love towards people, especially your enemies. This is also something that God has spoken to me about and that I'm struggling with/

4. The overall fact that impacted me that most in that seminar is that God is in the saving, healing, deliverance.and guiding business. I sat, listened and wept as I felt God's healing power going through me as the speakers ministered in song. . God is able to do in my life and all of us, exceeding abundantly above all that we can ever ask and think.

"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." (Psalm 147:3 KJV)

The Happy Home

An 80-year old man is accused of raping a 13 year old relative. A man arrested after he set fire to an apartment and killed three children and a woman.. A rather rapes his seven year old daughter. These are the disturbing reports in the daily newspapers for the past few days. These ugly incidents are on the rise in this day and age. My aunt told me some time ago that in her "young days" these kind of incidents occurred a lot less than they do now. But I disagreed strongly. I told her that in her "young days" (the 1940s and 50s), those incidents were either considered too shameful to be disclosed, or accepted as "matters only for the family's knowledge only." So the adult that was supposed to protect the child's innocence blatantly corrupted it without fear. Maybe it was the custom of the day.
These days, however, it is a different matter. Praise God for that! Children are being taught to speak out when these things happeni to them. More and more, these poor children are taken seriously when they tell a trusted adult what has happened. In my aunt's time, huh! In my country it was "you are a child, and the adult is the boss!" In those days, the adult could say that you are lying and get away with their crime. But no more.
There is so much to be said on this topic. I will write about it for a few days.
The one thing that I would like to leave for children and parents alike. Parents are supposed to protect their children, not harm them. As the Scripture verse said yesterday,  children are God's gift to us. God's gifts are "good and perfect" (James 1:17). As with all good gifts that we receive, let us show our appreciation for our children by loving them and protecting them from harm.

Happy are those who respect the Lord and obey Him...
His wife will give you many children, 
like vine that produces much fruit.
Your children will bring you much good
like olive plants that produce many olives.
This is how the man that respects the Lord will be blessed
                                        (Psalm 11, 3 - 4. New Century Version of the Bible)

Children Are A Gift From God (Sharon's first post

I greet you in the wonderful Name of Jesus, our soon coming King. My name is Sharon. It's so nice to be 'live' on Blogger, and to share my thoughts and opinions with those who would read my blog. If you have already read my profile, you would see that I am an aspiring writer. My books that I have written and intend to publish will be novels dealing with social issues that children face at home, at school, in the community, wherever they go. As I am a believer in Jesus Christ, my books' contents will be bible-based.

You may be saying to yourself, "who are you, and what makes you think that you are qualified to write about this?" Well, besides having a BA in Guidance and Counseling, I am a concerned adult that have seen the increase of horrible child abuse in my country and around the world. It makes me angry to know that children can be so horribly treated. I believe that it is my God-given trust to help children and their caregivers to protect these precious ones from harm.

This blog, like my books, will deal with these delicate and controversial issues from a biblical worldview. I hope that children - and adults who have been abused as children, will find help and release and God's comfort as I bring God's solution from His love letter to us, "the Bible!"

"Children are a gift from the Lord, babies are a reward!" Psalm 127:3 (New Century Version)