What happened in the early years of our lives and how we interpreted it has a great deal to do with how we view the present. We each have a story that involves events, emotions we experienced and the interpretations we learned from it. If we lost our father when we were young or he left our family for another, we might decide that we aren’t ever going to get close to others and put up walls. But God wants to help us deal with our interpretations so we can go deeper with the Lord and others. As we rehearse our story with a caring person, often those hidden unconscious memories surface so we see our story more clearly and let our interpretations be transformed.
We have a Heavenly Father who loves us, and we can be real with Him as we own our story. In His presence our story doesn’t change, but our interpretation can change in how it affects us along with our identity. The Holy Spirit helps us to reinterpret our story in light of God’s love! That also means repenting, turning from our false self and being open to our true-self to interpret the happenings through new eyes. Much like Joseph whose brothers meant evil for him and sold him as a slave. He recognized that God meant it for good as he reunited with family, saving them and the country from starvation. His story was no longer about the suffering he endured, but about how God placed him in the exact place to be used for great things. Jesus knows what i is like to suffer, and he is with us in whatever we go through, bringing beauty out of the ashes.
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