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Mourning and Comfort

SadMan.jpeg“Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be drawn into the Lord’s comfort.” (Matt.5:4)  It seems illogical that anyone would not welcome comfort. But comfort requires change and change is not always welcomed. As hard as grief is, change is sometimes harder. But wounds do not heal unless we receive comfort.—Kathy Gabler


Forgive And Rest

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Forgiveness, when wounded, is not based on “deserving” because we don’t want our forgiveness based on deserving!  I will forgive others for being wrong because I want forgiveness when I am wrong.  Matt 6:12, “and forgive us our sins, JUST AS we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.” (TLB) We can then rest in God’s wisdom to handle the matter.  God said vengeance is His, and you can trust Him with it! 

WOUNDS and painful experiences will come, but we can walk out the process of healing and be whole!

(This is the last excerpt from Kathy’s article “Healing The Parts To Be Whole“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)


In this 2 min. audio encouragement Kathy
declares: “Your Redeemer lives and He is
able to buy back time that the locusts have eaten.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK to listen:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-10-14T04_56_06-07_00

 


Step Toward Healing

StepForwardHealing does not come by ignoring wounds.  TIME does NOT heal ALL wounds.  I know a man in his sixties who continually rehearses his abusive childhood.  Some of the laws he lives by are actually memorials to those past injustices! Healing of the soul is almost always a process.  Believe it or not, the first step toward healing is grieving.  We invest TIME in relationships.  We invest SWEAT in our labors.  We invest HOPE in our plans.   Investment is God’s principle of seed time and harvest.  Built into sowing is the expectation of harvest; so grief is unavoidable when our efforts end in disappointment or loss.  Grief is a necessary part of the healing process because we need to cry and release the inner pain that medicine cannot touch. 
(This is the third excerpt from Kathy’s article “Healing The Parts To Be Whole“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.)