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Healing Instead of Fixing Yourself: Why God Restores Wounded People

June 2, 2026 by Brian Leave a Comment

Healing Instead of Fixing Yourself

Healing Instead of Fixing Yourself:

Why God Restores Wounded People

Returning to God When You’re Tired of Feeling Broken

One of the cruelest things modern life has taught us is that people are problems to solve.

If something stops working, we replace it. If something becomes inconvenient, we upgrade it. If something struggles too much, takes too much time, hurts too much, or requires too much patience, we move on and look for something easier. And somewhere along the way, we started treating ourselves the same way. [Read more…] about Healing Instead of Fixing Yourself: Why God Restores Wounded People

Filed Under: Restoration Tagged With: Christian healing, emotional healing, God restores, healing instead of fixing yourself, healing journey, identity in Christ, mental exhaustion, restoration, returning to God, spiritual healing, surrender to God, trauma and faith, wounded people

Letting Go of Control When Control Was How I Survived

January 24, 2026 by Brian

Letting Go of Control

Letting Go of Control When Control Was How I Survived

Control has always been my safety.

That didn’t start as an adult. It started when I was very young. And when I say young, I mean young. I learned early that if something was going to get handled, I was probably the one who had to handle it. If a problem was going to be fixed, I was the one who had to fix it. There wasn’t anyone I could fully trust to step in and take care of things for me. [Read more…] about Letting Go of Control When Control Was How I Survived

Filed Under: Discernment Tagged With: discernment, learning to trust God, letting go of control, surrender to God, the road back, trauma and faith, trust and fear

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