To one degree or another, every person has been (or will be)
affected by life’s tragedies, along with sin and guilt (their own, as well
as that of others). The questions are: How have we learned to cope
with the affects of such matters? Are our modes of coping functional
that they will bring us closer to God? Or are they dysfunctional that
they will drive us further away from our heavenly Father? The more
we practice dysfunctional ways of coping, the more entrenched they
become. We are then conditioned, and thus imprisoned, to a deceptive
system of belief. To move off of our maladaptive modes of coping,
we need to return to the core issues of our life from which the thought
and behavior first developed. Doing so allows us to grieve. As we
grieve, we develop awareness and acceptance of key factors; bringing
healing and growth into our relationship with the Lord and others. In
doing so, we are more apt to operate in the power, love, and soundness
of mind afforded us through God’s Spirit.
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