“Therefore, we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.”
2 Thessalonians 1:4 ESV
“We are so proud of you!”
I had no idea how much I needed to hear those words!
The realization that I have emotionally degraded myself for things out of my control, hit strong today. In dealing with past trauma and exploring the healing process, I have had to make decisions that I knew would be hard for other people to understand.
The old unhealed version of myself would have never been able to walk forward on a path to healing because I let other people's opinions of what a good Christian girl should accept and overlook, be first and foremost.
The old version of me accepted and endured abuse caused by perpetrators because it came through people who professed to love me.
But the “scripture-reading” and “determined to get my healing” version of myself has come to believe that abuse from a demon does not have to be tolerated by a child of God, no matter through which human bodily form it presents itself: myself, family, friend, or foe!
But six years down this long path to healing, I realize I still beat myself up inside, worrying about how certain people would receive me or what they would think about me.
Today, I received these words from the Patriarch of our family: “We are
proud of you!”
That may not mean much to some people, and I have to admit it may not have meant as much coming from another source, but when the oldest living, God-fearing person in your family states that he is proud of you, that will bring tears!
I realized today that I needed to know that someone was proud of me, fully knowing the life choices I have had to make to be able to stand against persecution and to be able to remain steadfast in hopes of receiving the promise of being made whole in the love of Jesus Christ. --Angel Diane
Prayer: May God heal you today according to the love of Jesus and the blood that was shed for you!
Angel you can not listen to others & heal, that is for you & your God to discuss & work on. Do not degrade your self for what has happened in your life, no one has to know what has happened , it may be your fault or someone else’s fault, but you have to answer only to God no one else. He alone is there to help you through whatever is happening or has happened. Don’t beat yourself up over anything or degrade yourself. He has said He is a forgiving God. You have got to be able to forgive yourself & who or what ever has happened, to be able to move forward, with His help. Be proud…
Know It, Own It, Live It, Love It, I/We Are So Proud of You 🙏🏻♥️😘