August 2020

Our parents are often our first representation of God’s unconditional love. However for many, this representation was far from loving. From abuse to molestation, rejection to abandonment, the untold childhood stories of many adults cause unspeakable pain. Traumatic childhood experiences can result in emotional wounds the size of craters. And yet, people – even Christians – with these experiences find ways to push through life, often by burying the memories and the emotional or even physical scars of their past. They do not want others to see their pain and are determined to not let their wounds leak. They have vowed to never recreate the broken childhood that they try so hard to forget. They instead shift their focus away from those memories to the life that they believe they were meant to live.

For those with poor parental relationships, their faith is often impacted by emotional wounds. In order to completely experience the benefits of faith, a believer must first allow God to heal the wounds reminding them of their past and find forgiveness in their hearts. Only then, will they be able to experience the fullness of God, our Abba Father. In the words of the prophet Isaiah, in spite of your past, God will