Today I want to share with you an experience that a friend has shared with me and that we both hope can give some comfort and courage to ask for help. During this time of the Corona, which has meant that many have had a lot of time alone, memories may emerge that need to be processed in order to be laid. Many of us have experienced that God can go into the past (past) and bring healing to painful memories.
The day Marie stopped crying
Little Marie ran at full speed. She had been told to come home and eat. Suddenly she stumbled and fell. She hit herself. Not so much, but it hurt. The tears were close, she just wanted to go home and be comforted by mom. On the way home she had to walk past a playground where the big boys were playing. One of them saw her fall, and he pointed and laughed. The boys probably saw that she was sad, but Marie did not cry. She did not want them to see her tears. She ran even faster, past them and hurried home. As she approached home, she could not hold back her tears. Her brothers saw it and wondered why she was crying. She had no abrasions to show them. It did not hurt anymore. But she still needed comfort. One of the brothers said that it was probably not that serious, since she had not received any wounds. If she had really beaten herself, they would have heard her crying in the distance when she came running home. Then they laughed at her. Marie suddenly felt completely alone.
This was the day Marie stopped crying. Or, she did not quit completely. She could cry silently under the duvet occasionally in the evenings. When she was all alone. But something closed in her heart that day. This incident was not unique. It was one of many Marie had experienced. And after this she did her best so that no one would see it when she was hurt.
It has been quite a few years now since Marie stopped crying. In adulthood, she has worked many rounds of healing from wounds from childhood. And this year, during the corona, this memory appeared. Periods of too much alone time in a closed society triggered emotions such as rejection, loneliness and exclusion. She prayed to God for help to cope. Suddenly, this incident from childhood came to mind. Through soul sorrow, prayer and conversations with good people, and much weeping, she experienced God's healing from the deep wounds.
- Wenche Egeland, Kr.sand 17 / 9-21
Many of us have experienced that God can go into the past and bring healing to painful memories.
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