Healing the Soul of a Woman: How to Overcome Your Emotional Wounds

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Meyer's positivity comes from living her own journey, and from seeing so many women who don't believe they can fully overcome their pain--or even know where to begin--find the guidance they need in the life-changing wisdom of the Bible. Este libro es muy interesante, ya que a través de la Palabra de Dios nos ofrece consejos, técnicas y ejemplos para sanar nuestra alma. Una de las cosas que más me gusta es que sin llegar a caer en el feminismo, nos indica cuál es el lugar de la mujer en el mundo y cómo puede desarrollar su rol de manera saludable. Nos hace un llamado a tomar las riendas de nuestra vida, poniendo a Dios en primer lugar y considerando que no existe trauma que no podamos superar y que nosotras somos las responsables de cómo afrentamos los traumas por los que pasamos en la vida. Boundaries are necessary; encourage others; teach our kids that they are special before the bullies scare them; and always try no matter how nervous you are. I also find it curious that author Joyce Meyer rarely gives specific examples of trials in her life. She will say, "I recently went through something that was troubling me and stealing my peace," but she doesn't like to reveal details. I don't need a play-by-play of every petty moment, but sometimes those details hold all the power. If Jesus has taught us anything, it's that a good story is how you get people to relate to your situation, to empathize with and learn from you. Without that human element, her advice often rings hollow.

Whether you had loving parents or not, think about what it means for God to adopt you as His own daughter. Pray for courage to do what you can to “get up” today. Maybe, like Aeneas, you can literally make your bed today…or declare out loud that God loves you and accepts you…or make a decision to forgive the one who hurtdetermined decision to trust God to restore her soul and refused to stay parked at the point of her pain. Healing the Soul of a Woman: How to Overcome Your Emotional Wounds by Joyce Meyer is for any woman who has been deeply hurt by life or by a person she loved or trusted. This book offers hope, healing and freedom! You do not have to return the way you started this book. Don't continue to stay wounded with the same wounds and hurts, but you can walk in freedom. You cannot afford for your soul to stay the same. Get ready to walk in complete freedom that has already been offered through Christ! Sometimes the journey is painful, but the first step to healing is to offer your junk to Jesus!

Meyer's positivity comes from living her own journey, and from seeing so many women who don't believe they can fully overcome their pain—or even know where to begin—find the guidance they need in the life-changing wisdom of the Bible. There is a lot of practical advice in this book. However, as a person of faith I found myself disappointed in the overreliance on limited personal experiences of the author and "because as a Christian I say so" rationalization of the approaches in this book. Many statements are not even based on biblical reference but rather feel good statements that are conflated with what's actually in the Bible. She also makes sweeping generalization statements as if they are known truths without delving into why she thinks the statements are true. Many people can try to understand our pain, but no one understands it better than someone who has experienced what we’re going through”Self-pity comes from an unwillingness to accept a situation or circumstance in your life. It often develops when there are things that we want but cannot have or things we don’t want and cannot get rid of. It is a feeling that you are a victim of something or someone. It is fed by meditating over and over on your challenges, difficulties, and problems in life and by comparing your life with someone you think has it better than you do. Are you feeding the wrong wolf?” Food for thought: “God's Word renews our mind and teaches us an entirely new way to think about God, life, ourselves, and other people.” (Loc 307/3210) Spend some time in prayer and ask God to help you see and receive the truth in His Word. Meditate on the scriptures listed here and make them personal: People don’t abuse you, misuse you, or even mistreat you because there is something wrong with you; they do it because there is something wrong with them. They hurt us because they are hurting. Broken and wounded people absolutely cannot recover until they unload the guilt and shame that they carry.” All scripture in this book is taken from the Amplified Bible, unless otherwise stated. I appreciate that scripture is heavily dispersed throughout the book. The author relies on God more than her own experiences. Although she does speak from experience.

We all go through hardship and experience pain in our lives. And we have a choice to make about how we will respond to it:

Sadly, we often keep our pain a secret, and it festers in our souls until we become truly dysfunctional.”