Comments on: Recovery from Spiritual Distress http://www.nacronline.com Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:24:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: carmen http://www.nacronline.com/spirituality/recovery-from-spiritual-distress/comment-page-1#comment-3760 carmen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:52:58 +0000 http://www.christiansurvivors.com/cri/nacr/wordpress/?p=38#comment-3760 i have been facing the spiritual distress as i recover from abuse wounds- before reading this i was wondering whether there was something wrong with me. i have been accused of being demonised by other Christians because the manifestations of distress were so bad. The mental problems i had for so long became worse again and i feared i would end up hurting someone. The Psychiatric services wanted to write me off, to treat me like i woul dnever recover. When i read this just now, i feel relieved, as though i can accept this distress is part of my recovery. When i had a prayer ministry time 3 years ago i was give a picture of a pencil being sharpened- old wood being cut away. i realised recently that i have been living under a false self- feeling so invalidated that i became "unwell" to cope, thus leading to personality disorder i was ill with for so many years. i feel God is stripping away my "bad wood", and its painful, but at the same time, i'm better than i was. tonight i was feeling sorry for myself, if i'm honest, and very low, but reading these articles have also helped me realise how far i have come. Thank you. i have been facing the spiritual distress as i recover from abuse wounds- before reading this i was wondering whether there was something wrong with me. i have been accused of being demonised by other Christians because the manifestations of distress were so bad. The mental problems i had for so long became worse again and i feared i would end up hurting someone. The Psychiatric services wanted to write me off, to treat me like i woul dnever recover. When i read this just now, i feel relieved, as though i can accept this distress is part of my recovery.
When i had a prayer ministry time 3 years ago i was give a picture of a pencil being sharpened- old wood being cut away. i realised recently that i have been living under a false self- feeling so invalidated that i became “unwell” to cope, thus leading to personality disorder i was ill with for so many years.
i feel God is stripping away my “bad wood”, and its painful, but at the same time, i’m better than i was. tonight i was feeling sorry for myself, if i’m honest, and very low, but reading these articles have also helped me realise how far i have come. Thank you.

]]> By: Julie http://www.nacronline.com/spirituality/recovery-from-spiritual-distress/comment-page-1#comment-3528 Julie Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:30:34 +0000 http://www.christiansurvivors.com/cri/nacr/wordpress/?p=38#comment-3528 I can't thank you enough for sharing about being a Christian who is honest with others and with ourselves. I have always been the black sheep in churches for I had a lot to share about being real and was honest in presentation. Mostly, I have been censored, ignored, and been made ashamed of. I have usually just shook my head and dusted my feet....leaving and grieving. Rather recently, I have found two churches that are better. Again, I suffer with the trust issues and feel that one day, the other shoe will drop. I know I must risk again & be strong knowing that I do have a powerful testimony to share. I just don't seem to be able to keep up and measure up with other people who work so hard to be good and look good. They also want everything to be easy and instantaneous--of course, giving God all the glory! Nothing about my inner healing has been instantaneous or painless. Nothing....but hope does abound until church folk crush it. Sometimes I have to take 'breaks' away from the brethren. Again, the article and teaching confirms a lot of what I have experienced and am living. Thank you. Julie I can’t thank you enough for sharing about being a Christian who is honest with others and with ourselves. I have always been the black sheep in churches for I had a lot to share about being real and was honest in presentation. Mostly, I have been censored, ignored, and been made ashamed of.

I have usually just shook my head and dusted my feet….leaving and grieving. Rather recently, I have found two churches that are better. Again, I suffer with the trust issues and feel that one day, the other shoe will drop. I know I must risk again & be strong knowing that I do have a powerful testimony to share.

I just don’t seem to be able to keep up and measure up with other people who work so hard to be good and look good. They also want everything to be easy and instantaneous–of course, giving God all the glory!

Nothing about my inner healing has been instantaneous or painless. Nothing….but hope does abound until church folk crush it. Sometimes I have to take ‘breaks’ away from the brethren.

Again, the article and teaching confirms a lot of what I have experienced and am living.

Thank you.

Julie

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