05/29/2026
Finding healing through pain!
This may sound like an oxymoron to some. The things we are trying to avoid (conflict, disagreements, lies, betrayals) are the very things that will bring healing to not just ourselves but our families.
When we get injured physically if not taken care of causes more pain but the long-term causes disabilities, deformities. While some deformities are superficial seams to cause little harmless but there are always some impairments, others can severely limit family relationships and fulfilling GOD’s intended purpose role, cause chronic pain, or impact overall health.
You may ask what can I do it has been this way for far too long; there is no restoration for my situation! First burying your head in the sand is not an option can you agree with that? To "bury your head in the sand" is an idiom that means to deliberately ignore, avoid, or refuse to confront a difficult problem or unpleasant truth in the hope that it will go away.
How do I fix what has maybe taken years or even decades to festered.
Seek GOD!
Through the Bible, family restoration centers on reconciliation, forgiveness important to note whether deserved or not, and JESUS redeeming LOVE. Scripture emphasizes that GOD can heal even the most broken dynamics “are the behavioral, emotional, and relational patterns that dictate how family members interact with one another,” by transforming hearts.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!
18 But all things are from God, WHO through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].
Forgiveness: JESUS commanded a immeasurable approach to forgiveness in Matthew 18:21-22, urging believers to forgive one another just as JESUS THE CHRIST has forgave us.
Humility when time of Communication: James 1:19 advises being "quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger"—a crucial foundation for resolving conflicts taking the focus off self and having the need of being heard!
Joseph and his brothers: Found in Genesis 37-45, this is one of the most prominent stories of family restoration. Despite being betrayed and sold into slavery by his brothers, Joseph ultimately chose forgiveness over revenge, leading to the preservation and reunion of his entire family.
You can do this; no, it is not going to be easy (nothing worth fighting for will ever be easy) but well worth the time and effort to see such great gain! Our fight is not with our family loved ones but with the powers of darkness of this world.
2 Timothy 4:7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
7 I have fought the good (worthy, honorable, and noble) fight, I have finished the race, I have kept (firmly held) the faith.
Pray asking GOD to heal division, soften hardened hearts, and replace bitterness with forgiveness. Invite the HOLY SPIRIT of peace into our family and seek out reconciliation to help our family rebuild trust, unity, love and most of all GOD’s SAVING GRACE.