Encouragement

[mitiog]

Hi,

This is my first post on any kind of forum anywhere so it feels a bit weird. All I wanted to say is that I've battled with self-harm for years before I became a Christian. It's still hard now that I beleive, but the Lord does make a huge difference. I'm struggling with all His energy now (Col 1:29) and day by day I'm beginning to cope without hurting myself. Does anyone else have an encouraging testimony to share?

mitiog.

 

[Soulwings]

God has made such a big difference in my recovery.

Today is day 71. I never thought I would make it past 21 days - at the most. It's funny, the more days that go by, the more I look to God. When I was deep in the darkness and blackness of SI, suicide, self-hate, and starving, I came close to hating God for forcing me to be alive. But now ... now I can thank Him for everything, even the hellish experiences that I've been through. And every day I'm discovering something new about either myself or Him, or the both of us together.

Our Daddy is so awesome.

 

[kendrahays]

all that i have to say is that if you are on this chat and cutting or harming yourself in any way, STOP! all it will do is hurt you in the long run.

 

[tapero]

Dear Mitiog,

I am so proud of you that you opened an encouragment thread. This will help so many people! I pray for more wonderful stories posted here. In Christ's love, Tapero

 

[mamalonglegs]

God does make a difference for all who try to recover from anything in this life. Sin is sin and it binds those without Christ into a darkness they cannot even see. Christians caught in sin sometimes end up back in that same place. I know I was with a vengeangence this past spring. But God brought certain people in my life and put me a place where He could really work with me, intimately and I have been injury free since May 18th.

I think we must keep uppermost in our minds that God loves so much that He gave us I John 1:9, "If we confess our sins He is FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."

We get to start all over and we're brilliantly clean!
And broken down wrecks having to pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and try again to please a God who is unreachable... For those who haven't the post about Scripture for S.I.'s Psalm 139:5 tells us that He is so near that His hand is on us always, forever and ever. Wow!
mamalonglegs

 

[berry2000]

I would never have the strength to stop cutting if I had not turned to the LOrd. And I still struggle with the thoughts regularly. I have found power...to defeat the enemy of my soul with scripture mostly. I was a cutter for 8 years and by God's power, and strength I haven't cut myself since Feb 11.

 

[mitiog]

We had lots of people on our Alpha Course last night and I'm in charge of cooking for them all. It was the first night and full of unknowns as we were doing lots of things differently from last year. The Lord got me through it without me needing to cut. Wow. Thank you Lord!

mitiog