Secrets, we have all been told them and some may be harmless but others that we have been pledged to keep and hide deep down within the recesses of our souls can become to us lethal weapon in the hands of the enemy.
Webster’s dictionary defines secrets as designed or working to escape notice, knowledge or observation.
God did not create us to hold secrets in the inward parts. He make us to desire truth.
The definition of truth is in stark contrast of that of secrets. Truth as defined by Webster’s dictionary is ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience.
A lot of things happen when you have secrets hidden in the recesses of your heart and soul. Secrets have a way of taking away from you a lot of precious energy. You spend your waking hours in an attempt to surpress those secrets from surfacing and in the very same breathe you strive to pretend that there is nothing out of the ordinary, nothing is wrong.
The more that secrets hide in the shadows the less they are exposed to the light of truth and knowledge. Whatever is hidden deep inside only has one perception of the event or trauma that took place. Unexposed to the light of God’s Word and God’s healing touch it will remain buried but at the same time expels hurt and pain to those around you.
When living with my parents our home contained the secrets of alcholism, verbal and physcial abuse. We as a family were too embarassed to admit that we were in a crisis so we built walls around the family to try and confine the problem. The only thing the walls did was to prevent other people outside the family from giving us the support system we needed to stop the vicious cycle of alcholism and abuse.
Bear in mind that all family secrets, whether alcholism, incest or murder, are usually geared to protecting the wrong person. It is this denial of the problem that almost always assures it will pass down to the next generation.
Secrets can cause you to have lasting spiritual and emotional damage which adds to the problem. A preacher once told me, " You are only as healthy spiritually as the deepest darkest secrets that you hide in your soul." A lot of people have the misperception that once Christ comes into your life then you will not have to deal with the secrets...that somehow they just magically go away. That simply is not true they must be dealt with in order to be whole again.
So how do you start to deal with the secrets in your life? First of all if you are, right now, a victim of verbal or physcial abuse you need to go someplace safe to work on these issues. I recommend a battered women’s shelter. They are true professionals who know how to deal with the problems you face. Many counselors have been where you are and will help you own your own TRUTH.
Owning your Truth is the beginning
of spiritual and emotional healing....
Until Next Time, Gracie
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Grace’s heartrending true life story, Family Secrets, is a gripping page-turner.
You will marvel at the way God can turn even the most horrendous tragedies into a victory.
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