The Healing Journey

February 17, 2024

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
— John 16:33

On your healing journey, you will eventually realize that peace is a gift, not a goal. Many of us believe we can “think” our way to inner peace, but it doesn’t work like that. All the self-analysis won’t work because what you need isn’t a technique or a new thought process to get the answers you want. What you need is the One who has all the answers and that One is God.

When someone we love dies, our relationship with God can be jeopardized because we believe that if he loves us so much — if he loves us with an infinite love — the death would have never happened. These are personal issues that we all have to work through in the grieving process by discovering the answers for ourselves.

But this much is certain: no personal philosophy or therapy can do what God can when it comes to healing, acceptance and inner peace. He knows us better than we know ourselves and is intimately familiar with our shortcomings, our flaws and what made us the way we are. And his peace isn’t something we have to search for. It isn’t a goal because it’s given freely. It’s not like winning Power Ball or a prize that you believe will solve all your problems and get rid of the suffering in your life. Not at all.

You don’t have to win it or barter for it, but you have to ask for it. And the curious thing is that you have to ask God for it every day in all different circumstances. Imagine that you were born into royalty, and your father was a king with everything you could possibly want or need … and he’s enormously generous with his gifts. But there’s one catch. You have to ask for them every day. Why? Because he loves to hear from you every day. So ask.

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Spend time in silence and quiet moments with no distractions to ask God for what you need on your healing journey. Set aside the time every day, and you’ll get all that you need.