{"id":111,"date":"2026-03-22T17:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=111"},"modified":"2026-03-22T22:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:06:23","slug":"march-22-2026-535-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"March 22, 2026, 5:35 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

God<\/em>: I want people to see this doesn\u2019t block relationship. What are you experiencing<\/em>? Be direct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua:<\/em> My whole body is shaking. I lost the strength to stand. It\u2019s because I\u2019m stressed; we went through an intense healing process last night<\/em> where we identified a core lie I\u2019d held (not something that went in the blog), I didn\u2019t get much sleep, then I was pretty busy this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God:<\/em> Yet you\u2019re not worried. Could you explain this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua:<\/em> I\u2019ve been through worse. I know this isn\u2019t where I\u2019m staying<\/em>. I know that this is part of acknowledging where I\u2019m at emotionally; frankly, for years<\/em> I was unable to cry, so even though this is extreme, this feels like progress to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes sense. It\u2019s overwhelming. I know you\u2019re going through the process gradually with me<\/em>, so it\u2019ll be okay. Even though I\u2019m feeling the weight of emotion<\/em>, I\u2019m not afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God:<\/em> (nods)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua:<\/em> (I laugh) I hope I don\u2019t spill this smoothie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God:<\/em> (shakes his head) You won\u2019t. Mind if I poke at another related lie<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though you are processing emotion<\/em>, this has the potential to get very unhealthy<\/em>. So I want to cut off a lie before it arrives<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua:<\/em> Sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God:<\/em> You\u2019re holding onto the lie that deeper emotion means<\/strong> deeper trauma<\/em>. That sounds right\u2014but it carries unhelpful ramifications<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. If your emotion is deeper, but you discover the trauma isn\u2019t as deep as you expected, you\u2019ll judge yourself as overreacting<\/strong>. How you\u2019re reacting is how you\u2019re reacting. I\u2019m here to heal you<\/strong><\/em>. I don\u2019t \u201cbind up the reasonably brokenhearted\u201d, but all<\/strong> the brokenhearted<\/em>. Don\u2019t judge your trauma as \u201cworthy of consideration\u201d\u2014I consider it<\/em>. I will heal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. If you feel, you have more trauma to process<\/strong>. Just let yourself feel with me. Whether or not you have processed, I am here to heal you<\/em>. I love you. I delight in you<\/em>. I don\u2019t delight in you having pain, but I delight to assist<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. You resolve trauma by getting past feeling<\/strong>. When I had emotion, I wasn\u2019t believing lies<\/em>. Your emotion, largely<\/em>, is because you are realizing the lies you once held<\/em>. And you are grieving<\/em>, and letting go. Grief isn\u2019t a sign that you have more trauma to get through, but is the sign you are moving through it<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    You are healing<\/strong><\/em>. The sign of healing isn\u2019t<\/em> where you are, but where you end up<\/em>. If someone has a wound, that isn\u2019t a sign of healing<\/em>. Yet healing may be occurring. Having and acknowledging a wound doesn\u2019t block healing. Do you know what blocks healing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> \u2026No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> Joshua, trying to hide a wound from me<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m not sad\u201d means you are not willing to accept me being close<\/em>. Because if I am close to the brokenhearted, and I am close to you due to your brokenheartedness<\/em> then you are forced to admit<\/em> that in that moment you are brokenhearted<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Want to accept me as your healer? Acknowledge your wound<\/em>. When Jesus traveled, people brought their sick<\/em>. But they had to acknowledge that they were sick<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Acknowledge where you are. If you believe I will never heal you, you won\u2019t fully and vulnerably come to me<\/em>. But come to me, vulnerably<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Those who say \u201cpeace, peace\u201d where there is no peace do not honor me<\/em>. I am the Prince of Peace\u2014but you are not giving me reign when you act in denial<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That is actually an insult to my omniscience<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If I tell you something, and you disagree<\/em>, we can actually have a conversation. I would rather disagree, than forego conversation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Job actually engaged me in conversation<\/em>. He could have run away<\/em>. But he was an honorable man. Engage me<\/em>. Yes, he was wrong<\/em>. He acknowledged it. Yet I did not regard him as a fool\u2014I had him<\/strong> sacrifice for his friends, lest I dealt with his friends according to their folly<\/em>. The one who lives in honesty, and then engages in honest conversation with me<\/em>, will find mercy and honor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Disagreement requires vulnerability. Your culture treats disagreement as poison<\/strong>.<\/em> You will have far more intense disagreements over religion talking with me<\/em> than at any dinner party, but they will be the safest, most clarifying conversations<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I love you. I fight for you<\/em>. But if you run away, you run away from my protection<\/em>, and you will face the world alone with a secret wound. Let me be your healer<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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