6 SIGNS YOU'RE READY TO START HEALING
Jamesha RobertsShare
Trying to determine if peace is possible or if it's something you're actually ready to pursue? Here are 6 signs that God is ready to meet you at your need for healing!
1.You are tired of the cycles in your life.
You have discovered that there are cyclical patterns in your life whether it is the kinds of people that come around you or the negative situation that you keep finding yourself in no matter how hard you try to avoid it. In discovering these patterns, you recognize that something is not right and have begun seeking the proper way to disrupt or end them.
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” - John 8:36
2. You recognize the effect of your trauma.
You have been able to observe and recognize the negative effects of your trauma on your life. Whether rejection, abuse, or abandonment, your eyes have been opened to see how it has affected your mental, emotional, and spiritual state as well as your overall quality of living. Along with being able to see, you can also confess or admit these realities without feeling shame.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” - 1 John 1:9
3. What’s familiar is no longer relatable.
The people, places, and things that you usually cling to are no longer fulfilling the need you have. Relationships (even long-standing ones) suddenly feel distant and detached. You feel yourself very ready to grow past them and into something bigger or different. You want a total change of scenery.
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” - Isaiah 43:19 ESV
4. Your coping methods no longer work.
The ways that you are used to coping with triggers and pain moments are no longer sufficient. You find that certain feelings and emotions have grown too big, and there is no way to resolve them on your own. You recognize your need for something that can actually eliminate the issues rather than numb them.
"But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” - John 4:14 ESV
5. You have a knowing that there is more.
You have been living life okay or mediocre but have a strong feeling that there is more for you to be and obtain. You feel as if you have been doing things out of survival and comfort for some time but have a sense that there is something new or different that you were created to do and have peace in. You desire (and know that you can have) a better quality of living.
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” - Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
6. You recognize your need for real peace.
The ways you have tried to keep peace within and around yourself do not work. You recognize that the kind of peace the world brings is only temporary and does not last when times get tough. You are tired of the mental and emotional roller-coaster and desire something that you can actively rest in even while going through life’s trials.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” - John 14:27 ESV
Healing starts with self- awareness. What do you recognize about yourself that needs to change? Beyond that, what needs to change that you know you cannot do on your own? Divine Healing begins when we humble ourselves enough to surrender and bring God into our trauma or struggle.