{"id":9238,"date":"2013-02-12T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T05:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2013-02-11T22:27:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T03:27:07","slug":"captivating-chapter-6-will-you-let-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/12\/captivating-chapter-6-will-you-let-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Captivating: Chapter 6 – Will You Let Him? (pp 92-98)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWill you let me come for you?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday we talked about letting God into our painful places to bring healing. The miraculous movements that He will make in our life, the beauty that He will bring in place of the ugly pain and hurt that has piled up for so long; if only we let him. Yesterday we said \u201cif<\/strong> you let Him,\u201d today it\u2019s a question: \u201cWill you let Him come in?<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

For so long we have done things on our own…for so long we have trusted our own system, our own way of dealing with the pain…for so long we have been doing it wrong. To borrow from the quote that John and Stasi included in this section, \u201cThe trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your life against being opened up and transformed.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0The walls I built—the walls we built—were an attempt to protect what remaining parts of my heart I felt I had left and\u00a0I think that goes for a lot of women. We want to hold on to what we feel we have left, but in doing this we shut out the one person<\/strong><\/em> who can heal those damaged parts, the one who can make our hearts whole again.<\/p>\n

God promises to be tender, to care for our hearts in a manner that would never bring pain.<\/p>\n

Hosea 2:14<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Therefore I am now going to allure her<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I will lead her into the desert<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

And speak tenderly to her.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Another version I read said that He would \u201cspeak comfort to her.\u201d \u00a0Imagine the healing and comfort and peace we can have if we say ‘yes!’ \u00a0If we open our hearts to God and let His hands repair what years of pain has broken down. He is knocking on our hearts. Knocking and waiting. Knocking and waiting. He knocks and we hold more tightly to that key; he knocks and we fear that opening the door will bring more pain.\u00a0 We fear that it will make us more vulnerable than we already are. But, lovely ladies, it is very opposite from that. Opening the door to Him will heal that hurt, He will strengthen us through His love, and He will remind us that ours are hearts of beauty and wholeness.<\/p>\n

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Ladies, God is knocking and asking us to turn the key over to Him. \u00a0He is asking us to unlock the door and let Him in to begin the healing work He wants to do. He is asking us to stop believing the lies of our hurts and to remember the healing message in His truths.<\/p>\n

I have worked as a hospice bereavement counselor for three years,\u00a0 One of the main pieces of information I give to patients and their families is to allow themselves to feel the emotions they are having. Not to stuff and ignore…but to allow the emotions to flow.\u00a0\u00a0To cry, to be scared, to be mad, that it is okay to feel in response to their situation. To \u201clet it out.\u201d We have to let ourselves feel again, ladies; to feel without fear of opening ourselves up too much, to feel without fear of being wrong in our feelings. To feel with the knowledge that God has our heart in His hands, to feel and give those feelings to God, the fear, the anger, the hurt.<\/p>\n

He is knocking. He is waiting at the door to our hearts. He wants us to cry out to Him…to give Him the key.\u00a0\u00a0He wants us to let Him in to heal our hurts.\u00a0 To make our hearts the complete masterpiece He designed them to be.<\/p>\n

With Love,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tonya<\/p>\n

___________________________<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Lord, thank You for not leaving us. \u00a0Thank You for knocking and waiting. Thank You for not giving up on the women you created us to be. Thank You for Your love and compassion, for Your healing touch. I bind the spirit of fear in Jesus name, it has no control over our lives, it has no say in our emotions. Our hearts belong to You, Lord. \u00a0In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.<\/p>\n

Your Assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a prayer on page 101 (I\u2019m not sure what page it is in the electronic version, but it is at the end of the \u201cRenounce The Agreements You\u2019ve Made\u201d section. It is a prayer for the spirit of truth, it is a prayer to renounce the lies we have believed over the years.<\/p>\n

If you journal, this would be a great place to write this prayer. \u00a0If you feel comfortable, you can pay it in our private Facebook group, as well.<\/p>\n

Also, please stop in and share your thoughts from these sections. Your insights may bless another.<\/p>\n

__________________________<\/p>\n

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If you are interested in joining this online Bible study, please click HERE<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n

Once we receive your registration, we will email you further details.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in sending a private message to Tonya, please email her at TonyaEllison@GirlfriendsCoffeeHour.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

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