tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430586908363955777.post9005922464650970181..comments2023-05-16T02:21:36.025-07:00Comments on Converging Zone Network: Why Hurt People Hurt People by Joseph MatteraRobert Ricciardellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160368258138662091noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430586908363955777.post-72597638799208739162011-03-09T12:19:38.484-08:002011-03-09T12:19:38.484-08:00I concur to the above post on Bethel Church in Red...I concur to the above post on Bethel Church in Redding, CA. Awesome place to go if you can manage a trip there... the atmosphere is incredible!!<br /><br />As an over comer in process of child hood sexual abuse by a man in the church I babysat for ... every thing Jon writes above is TRUTH! <br /><br />The church has FAILED victims in so many ways, and pepetuated and atmosphere where abusers can thrive, in my opinion. I was raped at 19 by a minister in a christian ministry ... I know first hand the length the 'ministry' went to, to deny and hide what happened. Since I was one of many to be abused, I wasn't alone however, the ministry did more to make the victims responsible than holding the predator accountable!!! Even this month, an article in our local newspaper of a minister who molested a 13 year old girl at a christian school ... trust me, this is NOT a rarity... it is more prevalent than you are willing to admit...<br /><br />It is time to 'expose the fruitless deeds of darkness' ...it is time to un-earth the toxic waste so many of us have buried deep in our souls to escape, protect or run from - the abuse we endured. <br /><br />Today, Jesus is doing an awesome work of healing wounded souls... He wishes to 'heal the broken-hearted and bind up their wounds' ... <br /><br />Perfect LOVE casts out all fear ... you don't have to live in fear of an abuser ... Jesus will enable you to be SAFE - and to heal you.<br /><br />There is a good book I suggest anyone struggling with child hood abuse issues, especially where they are sexual in nature: The Courage to Heal, by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis -<br /><br />Bethel Church also has SKYPE interaction during the healing rooms on Sat.. so if you can't 'get there' you can SKYPE in and be prayed for and ministered too... check out their website www.ibethel.org - http://www.ibethel.org/site/healing-rooms-ministry<br /><br />also here is a link where you can listen to Katie Souza share on soul wound healing thru Patricia Kings website : <br />http://www.xpmedia.com/IItlUJblfqtf<br /><br />It is just time to allow God dig up the waste we have all buried deep to forget ... His Word states: I would that you PROSPER and be in HEALTH ... EVEN AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS .... <br /><br />we cannot fulfill that scripture until we dig down deep & allow Holy Spirit to bring to rememberance & enable us to confront & heal from our past abuses - everything Jon states in his article is absolutely TRUTH - Jesus is moving to heal the broken hearted and BIND UP their wounds.... Please allow him access to YOU : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430586908363955777.post-43960194359408765932011-03-09T08:49:58.548-08:002011-03-09T08:49:58.548-08:00Father has given the Body of Christ many ministrie...Father has given the Body of Christ many ministries that specialize in healing the wounded soul. Bethel Church in Redding offers a number of types of ministry to resolve the type of issues brought up in this article. Sozo ministry and Theophostic are two methods of bringing the healing power of Jesus to the wounded soul. Personally, I have received permanent deliverance from an area of brokenness that held me in a cycle of "medicating" my wounds through escaping into a fantasy world. Jesus delivered me. It is no longer an issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430586908363955777.post-15994965856177791592011-03-09T07:58:50.543-08:002011-03-09T07:58:50.543-08:00I have heard that when you train yourself to forge...I have heard that when you train yourself to forget painful events (etc.), you can't be as selective as you would like - you usually wind up forgetting many other events, also. (It's a progressive problem/habit - it's easy to see how challenging life can be when our mind is trained to forget things and it also, without your consent, decides to choose randomly what it forgets. It seems when you get into this habit, and you know you're instructed to forgive... Even in the face of life's hectic routine, you may want to develop the habit of forgiving as soon as possible, not only because it's best for you, but also because if you don't, you're likely to forget the event, and therefore the pain and damage will be buried somewhere in your subconscious ...or perhaps the stratosphere... And the pain will often resurface later, as a blow-up or crying session, and you're trying to determine the underlying issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430586908363955777.post-89864184127651200052011-03-04T03:26:03.353-08:002011-03-04T03:26:03.353-08:00You know, alot of what you said here is so true an...You know, alot of what you said here is so true and I can see it in my own life. <br />The problem here is that even though I want to "let go" and forgive, I don't know how... because I don't know what to let go of or who to forgive. As strange as it may sound, over the years I developed a way of "forgetting" my pain. I don't know how, but it happens. It's so bad these days that I start forgetting on a daily basis. (Things like what clothes I wore 2 days ago, if I did something I had to, names, etc)<br /><br />Lately my anger / sadness is triggered alot easier than before. I have a friend that said something the other day that no-one would think anything of in a normal conversation, but I just broke down and started crying (I wasn't even sad at that particular point. We were actually laughing not long before that) Not long after that (few days) my son asked me something and I just blew up! The worst of all is when something like that happens, I'm angry at myself for being angry/sad about something so small and stupid.<br /><br />I don't know what to do anymore. I push away everyone I've ever loved and cared for. <br /><br />If I knew where/what the problem were, I could do something about it... but I don't...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com