My Journey To Healing

Take a few moments to think about your life. Maybe you have addictions to tobacco, alcohol or drugs. Maybe you lie or steal, or are addicted to sex, food, prescription drugs or pornography. Maybe you struggle with anger issues that cause you to harm yourself or someone else. Maybe you have a completely negative perspective and a critical spirit. Maybe you hate yourself. Maybe you have insecurities that hold you back. Maybe you doubt your worth. Maybe you . . .

Now, take a few moments to think about the person that you love the most. Maybe it is your child or spouse, a friend or relative. Picture that person in your mind, and allow yourself to feel how much you love him or her, how much he or she means to you. Take a moment to experience the love and joy you feel toward that person. Though we can never love this person perfectly (we are human after all), this is a beautiful picture of the way God perfectly and unconditionally loves us.

Now, think about all of the harmful things you do to yourself, the destructive patterns of behavior in your life. Imagine the people you love the most experiencing all of the pain and suffering that results from these behaviors. Watch them doing all the drugs or alcohol that you take. Picture them smoking cigarettes, over-eating or cutting themselves. Imagine them taking on the anger you feel, or being trapped in a web of negativity about themselves and others. Recognize that their insecurities or lack of self-respect are preventing them from freely living.

This is tough to even visualize. It is extremely painful to imagine the ones we love most inflicting harm or causing suffering for themselves and those around them. It pains God in the same way to see us stuck in patterns of behavior that do nothing but destroy us.

Take time today to sit in God’s presence and truly experience Him. Take off your mask and allow Him full access to your heart. You will be so amazed by His power and love for you. As you rest in His love, you will begin to turn away from self-hatred and turn toward love for yourself as one of His children. Your life will never be the same. He longs to heal us and to free us from our dark valleys.

This is an excerpt from my book, Blossoming out of the Valley.  A powerful book that will inspire you to move forward in your healing journey and fine peace and stillness.

BE LOVE, GIVE LOVE~

Abby

Stillness.  When everything within you in calm….peaceful…still…

Why do we put our children in timeout?  Isn’t it to discipline them for acting out and to give them a chance to calm down?

Do you need an adult timeout?  Next time you feel upset, anxious, ready to lose it or any negative emotion…put yourself in timeout.  Give yourself a few minutes to calm down before returning.  Timeouts work every time.

In 2002, I hit rock bottom. I was only twenty-four years old, but I already suffered from extreme anxiety, control issues, depression and numerous addictions. My marriage was falling apart, as were my relationships with my entire family. My thoughts and words were filled with negativity and lies, and I had accumulated major credit card debt. As my problems piled up, they began to manifest physically through severe neck and back pain, as well as numbness in my left arm and left side of my face. I had no love for myself, no joy, no peace and no happiness. My entire life was in complete and utter chaos.

Do you want to know how I got out of this chaotic mess?  I choose to be still with God (taking timeouts) as often as I could.  Timeouts with God are beautiful, amazing and powerful, so powerful that those timeouts with God healed me from all of the chaos.  Unbelievable huh?  Read it for yourself!  God inspired me to share my entire unique healing journey with the world by writing Blossoming out of the Valley.  I am confident it will bless you and help bring stillness into your life.

BE LOVE, GIVE LOVE

Abby

• 60-minute nurturing massage
• Blossoming out of the Valley book
• A Breath~In Stillness CD
• New patient exam, rolling thermal scan, SEMG scan, pusle wave profiler, full spinal exam, and one adjustment from Dr. Jerod HIll of Hill Family Chiropractic

That’s a value of over $275!

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Head over to the Healing Naturally Facebook page, click like and you are entered. Winners will be selected on November 30th.

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BE LOVE, GIVE LOVE
Abby Lewis