A shepherd for my dismal days

Many of us remember a tragedy and its specific details; where we were and what took place.  Those "moments", those wounds could have been the beginning of our scattered souls, where we doubted the Shepherd and thought He left us unprotected from the preying wolves. "For this is what The Sovereign Lord says: I myself …

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Repression requires spiritual eyes

Past events that are too painful to comprehend create coping skills such as distortions, rationalizations, suppression or denial of feelings that often are misunderstood. Our brains are able to block out memories so our conscious can displace the shock or pain of events, especially trauma.  Often we cannot remember, creating a memory block of years …

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The innocence of intimacy

“When my daughter was about six, we were riding in the car on our way to visit friends and she told me she wanted to be my lover.  I knew her concept of lover was somewhat fuzzy, but she had enough idea to feel she wanted that.  I responded gently that it wasn’t possible.  She …

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