Revisiting Trauma.

 There is something healing about the past if we revisit it in the proper way. Many of us have things in our past that we want to remain in the past, but some of us have trauma that is waiting to be healed. There are different causes of this particular trauma, some can be caused by our sins, but sometimes it is the sins of others that causes suffering. Mixed in with this trauma are good or positive experiences, which may no longer define who we are, but still have an effect on our psychology. 

When we embrace negative trauma, the kind of trauma that is currently unwanted, when we embrace it in a positive way, we can learn from the mistakes we made and we can repent. Repentance can bring healing into your life, even if you were the cause of the trauma or you participated freely in it. The kind of trauma that is harder to heal, but not impossible is the trauma you experienced from an authority figure or people much older than you. Forgiveness helps to heal this kind of trauma because it may only be possible to move on in this way! (Through forgiveness)

Forgiveness clears the conscience and in this way we can see our faults more clearly, and embrace the more positive memories this way, which can in fact be healing. Forgiving yourself is also necessary to move on, because some of us are not the same person as when we experienced the pain. You will never be fully reconciled to your past perfectly, but you can experience new life in the present though imperfectly but by realistically reconciling with your past. Some people choose to do this through faith and courage and embracing a new life in Christ. The Lord can heal any current and past trauma if we let him, it just takes a little faith, (mustard seed faith) to ask Him to help us! This is Mike.