13.2 Writing...good for the spirit, soul, mind and body

February 2022

30 ‘And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ 31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’. No other commandment is greater than these.”

Mark 12 : 30-31 (NLT)

As I mentioned in my previous post, it’s been a while since I formulated my notes into uploadable blogs. I have just spent the last hour putting my remaining notes into a timeline so that I can catch up with the incredible things that God has been doing…that he is always doing.

I have had to go back to some of the earlier posts in my healing journey and re-read them to work out how far I got to. I am so very glad that I did. Reading and recollecting the incredible things that God has done not only in my body, but also in my spirit, soul and mind, have really fired me up again. Oh God that you would bless me indeed.

When God first began to work in me, he started with my spirit. He brought my spirit into alignment with his Spirit after I made the choice to accept Jesus as my Lord and Saviour and committed to becoming his follower. Then God got to work on my heart; healing the brokenness that I felt inside, caused by my life experiences. Clearly this post is evidence that this is an ongoing process as God strips back the layers. I’m sorry for causing him to go over the same ground more than once. After he started on my heart, he began transforming my mind. Eastgate and ESSL play a very big role in this journey. And then he focussed on my body; a body with which I have had a love/hate relationship all my adult life. God’s work in each of the areas that make up the me that is Me is by no means complete. Each is an ongoing area for transformation, frequently repeating the process where I have forgotten God’s truth and promises or partnered with lies.

I repent. And there is always grace and God starts me back again where I left off.

It really is not pride, because I have never been more convinced that my story needs to be told, and for one reason only. People need to know what God can do, not just in healing the human body of physical ailments but also mind, soul and spirit too.

As I read through all my posts and my notes, I am convicted to repent of forgetting the miraculous and faithful work God has done in me and for not celebrating and sharing it. It rather reminds me of the Israelites in the wilderness; constantly forgetting what God has saved them from and how he is always with them.

You already know I could talk for England which is why I prefer writing. It gives me the opportunity to formulate what I want to communicate and most importantly, edit what I have recorded. I still go back and edit old, published posts to correct punctuation, grammar and spelling that I have missed. When I write, I frequently think of my English teacher, Mrs Cullen. I wasn’t that creative in my school days but I do remember how she drilled us in ‘summary and directed writing’. Thank you Ma’am. And thank you God for redeeming my latent, creative gifts that I didn’t know I had when I was at school.

I have also had to repent of my feelings of unworthiness which have plagued me and are at the heart of refusing to put my thoughts, experiences and reflections in writing. I have had to really learn to love myself. In my case love myself, as I love my neighbour.

Thank you Heavenly Father for your unending and lavish Grace which you pour out on us over and over again, no matter how many times we repeat our mistakes or hold onto wrong beliefs. Amen