When God Heals the inner child - Part 1

 Old things pass away and behold all things become new

I was chatting to one of my sisters yesterday and she was telling me about the extent of the rejection she had suffered growing up. We chatted about so many issues she faced and how God miraculously healed her heart and caused her to forgive all those that had rejected her and made her fall in love with them all over again. She said to me "Sis looking back it seems like it had all happened to someone else". Its as if that person was a completely different individual to me" Wow!. Now that's what I call complete healing. I know what she went through and in the area of rejection she had the Lion's share trust me. However that is her story to tell and she promised to write a book on that one day. 

Her words began to make me ponder. I realised that it is true, when you have dealt with an issue there is a sense of freedom to talk about it without shame, a boldness to look back without fear and a joy to be able to move forward in peace. Its really as if it never happened. Save for the lessons learned and the maturity gained its like it happened to a different version of yourself that has now been upgraded to the latest version. 

The irony of it all is that you fight so hard not to go there and resolve the issue, the pain, the hurt, the wound but when you gather enough courage to d so, you become a better version of yourself and the old version literally disappears in front of your eyes. That frightful, vengeful, hurting, traumatic you is healed and delivered and set free and you feel like a new you. Like the first day of spring and the seed has blossomed into a beautiful green shoot allowing the sun to shine down on its leaves and dews to moisten its stems. You feel like you can now face anything. You will have plenty of opportunities to look back at what happened to you but when you do each time it will seem further and further away from you and you can only be thankful that it does not hurt any more. Like Kirk Franklyn rightly said in his song Imagine Me; "It All Gone".

"Imagine Me"

Imagine me
Loving what I see when the mirror looks at me 'cause I
I imagine me
In a place of no insecurities
And I'm finally happy 'cause
I imagine me

Letting go of all of the ones who hurt me
'Cause they never did deserve me
Can you imagine me?
Saying "No" to thoughts that try to control me
Remembering all you told me
Lord, can you imagine me?

Over what my mama said
And healed from what my daddy did
I wanna live and not read that page again

[Chorus:]
Imagine me being free, trusting you totally
Finally I can...
Imagine me
I admit it was hard to see
You being in love with someone like me
But finally I can...
Imagine me

(Imagine me) Being strong
And not letting people break me down
You won't get that joy this time around (No no)
Can you imagine me?
In a world (in a world) where nobody has to live afraid
Because of your love fear's gone away
Can you imagine me?

[Bridge:]
Letting go of my past
And glad I have another chance
And my heart will dance
'Cause I don't have to read that page again

[Chorus x2]
(Imagine me)
Imagine me, me being free, trusting you totally
Finally I can...
Imagine me
(I admit Jesus) I admit it was hard to see
You being in love with someone like me (like me)
Finally I can...
Imagine me

(I imagine me)
Imagine me (being free) being free, trusting you totally (totally)
Finally I can...
Imagine me
(I'll be honest with you)
I admit it was hard to see (it was hard)
You being in love with someone like me (yeah)
But finally I can...
Imagine me

[Spoken:]
This song is dedicated to people like me.
Those that struggle with insecurities, acceptance and even self-esteem.
You've never felt good enough, you've never felt pretty enough
But imagine God whispering in your ear letting you know that everything that has happened is now...

...gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(It's all gone, every sadness)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(Every mistake, every failure, it's all gone)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(Depression, gone, bad faith, it's gone)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(Low self-esteem, Hallelujah, it's gone, it's all gone)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(It's gone, all my scars, all my pain)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(It's in the past, it's yesterday, it's all gone, ah)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(I can't believe it's gone)
(Gone, what you mother did, what your father did, Hallelujah)
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
(It's gone)