It may be perfect timing for you to grab “me” time and find out what was going on before your most current struggle. I do not go over history or experiences because my role is to turn you inward to hear the voice of God in each and every memory where pain originated and on the multiple levels that one memory can hold. The type of therapy that I do is Holy Spirit led to help those of us who want to get back to the leading of our lives because the church has exhausted us. IFS is a way to rewire a negative pathway and bring it into the light of The Lord’s truth. Because our brains are so complex, Jesus helps us meet personally with places we have compartmentalized within our soul and spirit. The Bible speaks of our inward parts being the hallmark of Our savior, The Father and Holy Spirit that cooperate in 3 very powerful expressions to minister truth, making us a reflection of wisdom obtained multiple ways.
Our inward parts desire truth because it is truth that sets us free from perception of life’s hardships, and if we can gain wisdom from the Trinity, that places value on a diverse connection through multiple ways they connect our heart to the brain. It is in childhood where most of our determining ideals are shaped in relation to love and acceptance, safety and security. Should our parents or care takers lack the ability to care for us with these intentions, we symbiotically attach that same mistrust to God. In IFS therapy I will ask you to close your eyes and connect to an emotion that wants to share how it is trying to help you through behavior. Often times people want to connect to the emotional parts of themselves that they don’t like so they can deal with it and move on or get rid of it altogether. However, In light of the Lord’s ways, He usually wants to remove the judgment we have toward ourselves. When these parts are honored for the intention to help us, despite the ruthless tactics they take to get our attention, both the need to get rid of them and the judgment falls away. The truth that replaces, remains, and more options to experiencing life in a curious way can be persued.


“Our inward parts desire truth because it is truth that sets us free” reminds me of the opening to Augustine’s “Confessions” about our heart’s being restless until they rest with God.” Your thoughts here resonate with a book I’ve been studying, Suzanne McDonald’s “Re-Imaging Election: Divine Election as Representing God to Others and Others to God”
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