EHM Testimony
My Journey with Emotional Health Ministries
My thoughts regarding Christianity were if I obeyed all the rules, nothing bad would happen to me. God would protect me from harm. Real life happened. I was now a divorced Christian woman. I presented myself as “alright and making it†but deep inside I was broken and not healing. The suppression of my emotions pushed my health to its limit causing an anxiety attack in 2006. After leaving the Emergency Room, I realized I needed to get help to re-evaluate my life. I had become emotionally dead to my feelings. My Pastors recommended the Emotional Health Support Groups to put me on a path of healing and wholeness.
I remember the day I questioned, “What did I do wrong? Why didn’t I see this coming? I was a spiritual woman perfecting every thought and action regarding my Christianity. How could DIVORCE be a word applicable to my life? Thus, my journey in Emotional Health began. God in His love strategically helped me to let go of the reigns in my life. He wants to take me thru life’s hurts and pains and learn of Him. Not the superficial love I had imagined but the deep heart changing journey to be like Him. He wanted to take my hurt and brokenness and show me His will to restore my life to its fullness while taking what was meant for harm and turning it into good. He taught me about true forgiveness; about letting go of the weights that kept me from God. I will give you a new direction; a new mind in Christ.
When I thought all was lost, God had a plan. A close co-worker saw my need for help, and directed me to a group called “Life’s Healing Choicesâ€, and thus began a journey that has literally changed my life and my relationship with the Lord. I learned how to forgive, and to deal with issues I had suppressed from the past. Learning about “True Forgiveness†freed me to move forward with the new journey ahead of me. I read the book “Safe People†to learn what people I needed in my life now. The Emotional Health Support Group offered me a safe place to heal. I signed up for the next group called “Search for Significanceâ€. My limited mind had kept me in a cage, thinking I had to be perfect. I learned how to let God show me perfection thru Him.
The lightbulb moment came when I sincerely believed the people who hurt me are truly forgiven as well.
God loves all people. His word teaches that He forgives those who hurt me. I chose not to dwell in the past but receive the new journey God had for me. He had a plan from the beginning to direct my path. If the nature of sin causes a person to make a decision that affects my life, He implements a new journey. I know I am truly healed and whole when I can pray blessings on those who hurt me. I no longer focus on them but on God’s journey He has for me. Our loving God has a new plan for me. The support groups taught me how to focus and choose my new journey.
I cannot tell you how the groups Divorce Care, Boundaries & Changes That Heal affected me. Setting boundaries taught me how to adapt to people in lieu of avoiding them and pushing them out of my life. Thanks to Emotional Health Ministries I became healed and whole. I am able to focus on my life and what I want to do. My Christian walk is so different. Following His will for me in His Kingdom is more real than ever before. A new love for the hurting has been born.
Emotional Health has given me balance. Emotional Health Ministries has restored my hope and freed me of extra weight I had carried throughout life. I have found God’s divine will. The Support Groups opened my eyes to His purpose for me in His Kingdom and let me know I am not alone. Life was no longer about me but about HIM. Life makes more sense to me now. It’s about God’s acceptance and forgiveness.
He made me beautiful and strong. He’s here for every need in my life. My brokenness became a new journey to love, forgive and move on to rebuild my life.
Emotional Health Ministry Facilitator
My thoughts regarding Christianity were if I obeyed all the rules, nothing bad would happen to me. God would protect me from harm. Real life happened. I was now a divorced Christian woman. I presented myself as “alright and making it†but deep inside I was broken and not healing. The suppression of my emotions pushed my health to its limit causing an anxiety attack in 2006. After leaving the Emergency Room, I realized I needed to get help to re-evaluate my life. I had become emotionally dead to my feelings. My Pastors recommended the Emotional Health Support Groups to put me on a path of healing and wholeness.
I remember the day I questioned, “What did I do wrong? Why didn’t I see this coming? I was a spiritual woman perfecting every thought and action regarding my Christianity. How could DIVORCE be a word applicable to my life? Thus, my journey in Emotional Health began. God in His love strategically helped me to let go of the reigns in my life. He wants to take me thru life’s hurts and pains and learn of Him. Not the superficial love I had imagined but the deep heart changing journey to be like Him. He wanted to take my hurt and brokenness and show me His will to restore my life to its fullness while taking what was meant for harm and turning it into good. He taught me about true forgiveness; about letting go of the weights that kept me from God. I will give you a new direction; a new mind in Christ.
When I thought all was lost, God had a plan. A close co-worker saw my need for help, and directed me to a group called “Life’s Healing Choicesâ€, and thus began a journey that has literally changed my life and my relationship with the Lord. I learned how to forgive, and to deal with issues I had suppressed from the past. Learning about “True Forgiveness†freed me to move forward with the new journey ahead of me. I read the book “Safe People†to learn what people I needed in my life now. The Emotional Health Support Group offered me a safe place to heal. I signed up for the next group called “Search for Significanceâ€. My limited mind had kept me in a cage, thinking I had to be perfect. I learned how to let God show me perfection thru Him.
The lightbulb moment came when I sincerely believed the people who hurt me are truly forgiven as well.
God loves all people. His word teaches that He forgives those who hurt me. I chose not to dwell in the past but receive the new journey God had for me. He had a plan from the beginning to direct my path. If the nature of sin causes a person to make a decision that affects my life, He implements a new journey. I know I am truly healed and whole when I can pray blessings on those who hurt me. I no longer focus on them but on God’s journey He has for me. Our loving God has a new plan for me. The support groups taught me how to focus and choose my new journey.
I cannot tell you how the groups Divorce Care, Boundaries & Changes That Heal affected me. Setting boundaries taught me how to adapt to people in lieu of avoiding them and pushing them out of my life. Thanks to Emotional Health Ministries I became healed and whole. I am able to focus on my life and what I want to do. My Christian walk is so different. Following His will for me in His Kingdom is more real than ever before. A new love for the hurting has been born.
Emotional Health has given me balance. Emotional Health Ministries has restored my hope and freed me of extra weight I had carried throughout life. I have found God’s divine will. The Support Groups opened my eyes to His purpose for me in His Kingdom and let me know I am not alone. Life was no longer about me but about HIM. Life makes more sense to me now. It’s about God’s acceptance and forgiveness.
He made me beautiful and strong. He’s here for every need in my life. My brokenness became a new journey to love, forgive and move on to rebuild my life.
Emotional Health Ministry Facilitator