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Photo and Poetic-Therapy and what Life is About

Sometimes life isn’t fair. If only you can define what life is about? Bad and untrue words are spoken to you. “You are a failure, a drunk.  Your mother should have killed you when you were little.”  Maybe you are in a work environment, and you know you give hundred present.  The boss is only interested in numbers. And you can work as hard as you want it’s just never enough.  Never a word of “thanks”. Nothing you do will ever be good enough.  It’s bad to hear untruth’s spoken to you, and it’s horrible not to be able to respond to those untruths. Sometimes our ropes break, and we want to deal with it in a human way. We just want to die, go away and do nothing. Have you ever felt like that?

Paul wrote, “We are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed – always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake that the life of Jesus also maybe manifested in our mortal flesh” 2 Cor. 4: 8-11

If you have never suffered it is hard to see things from the perspective of those who suffered.  In suffering we can identify with Christ. When life isn’t fair and our ropes break it is most unpleasant.

You are hurt and angry and maybe you feel God has deserted you. How do you tie the knot again?

• Identify your feelings. Be honest to God and to yourself.  Express your anger and bitterness to God.  Tell Him what you really think. He is the only one who understands your honesty and who still loves you. Write a poem to God, expressing every feeling you experience.                                                                                                                                                                        
• Be honest and tell a Christian friend who are earthy enough to hear your fear and hurt.  The Spirit of God is always present when God’s people are honest with one another.
• The Bible is honest and real, and presents real people who lied, who harbored bitterness, committed Adultery and, struggled with fear and hurt.  These people tried to deal with broken ropes. Thus the Bible shows us the best ways to deal with our brokenness. Read your Bible. Visit your local church.  Pray, listen and obey. Write down what you ask from God, wait for His answer even when it is a few months later.
• Break through the strongholds of bitterness, anger and resentment. Release the person and the lies about your own inadequacies. When not dealt with, these negative emotions bring about a hurting body with physical symptoms, such as heart and vascular problems,  gastrointestinal problems,  headaches, skin conditions, genitourinary tract disorders, pain and inflammation, lung and breathing problems, Immune impairment.

In his book Deadly Emotions Dr. Don Colbert said, “Without a doubt, hostility, rage and anger are at the top of the list of toxic emotions that generate an extreme stress reaction.” In the Psalms David wrote repeatedly of the wide range of emotions he was experiencing. Seek the help of a Christian Counselor.  Write poems as David did. Use Photo and Poetic Therapy as a tool to help the healing process.

• Sometimes you need to get busy and act. What are you going to about it now? You can stay as you are for the rest of your life, or you can tie a knot and change the circumstances. No one has to remain a victim. Maybe you need to make major changes.
• God is the Author of Healing. Let Jesus be in charge of your life. Allow Him to become the center of your universe. When processed through Him your problems become smaller, easier to solve and less of a threat to your existence. Jesus says, “Follow Me. I Am. I Will. Fear Not. Just Believe.”  (Matt 4:19; 16:24; 19:21). He will restore your self-respect!