I love the story in the Bible in John 5 of the man who lay helplessly by the pool of Bethesda. Apparently, this wasn’t just any pool. It was rumored that angels came periodically and stirred the water and whoever dove into the moving water received miraculous healing. However, this one man, sick from the […]
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HeartSync – Making Hearts Whole
A tool of Heart-Care Counseling is HeartSync. In a HeartSync session, the meeting will begin with connecting with the Master Gardener, Immanuel, the God that is always with us. Once connecting with that powerful place with Father God, the Holy Spirit is able to lead and guide to the deep places of the wounded heart […]
I am offended. Now WHAT? – Part 3
Click here if you missed Part 1 or Part 2. I now know, WHAT I have to do, but HOW do I do it? How do I truly let the hot rock go? HOW do I practice forgiveness? I had a counselor tell me once, “Emote the emotion. Say it, until it becomes a reality […]
I am offended. Now WHAT? – Part 2
If you are jumping in, you can read Part 1. So, if I am holding a hot rock of offense, and my freedom comes from forgiveness then, what exactly is and is not forgiveness? First, let’s start with what it is. Then we will cover what it is not. (In my life, “what forgiveness is […]
I am offended. Now WHAT? – Part 1
When my kids were about 4 and 5, I was trying to teach them about offenses. I was always a big “like as” teacher. So, I told them offenses were like “hot rocks.” The quicker you let it go, the less damage it will do to your hand. Well, after a rather intense day of […]
Closing the Gaps in my Heart
How do I reconcile what I know to be true and what I feel? How do I resolve the conflict of connecting what I “should believe” and what I “really believe”? At what point is there a merge between the facts and the perception of the facts? How do I get past the illogical paradox of […]