Hey, so all u do is pray and God removes all the pain. I'm not sure I
believe that. I can't tell u how many times I've prayed and God has not done
anything. I can't immagine thinking about some of my memories and not
feeling pain and anger. It can't just go away! I mean it took me 2 years of
counseling to learn to not blame myself for the abuse I suffered. I can't
immagine how one simple prayer session could do anything. Besides if we
spent time praying over every memory we'd be praying for the rest of our
lives and maybe more! I would love to believe what u said though. U can
write me privately if u want to take this off list. [log in to unmask]
Shelly

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: dealing with the past


> Shelly,
>
> I have never written anything about removing a memory and replacing it
with
> something else because that is not possible.  Intercessory prayer goes to
> painful and wounded memories but the Lord only heals the memories.  You
keep
> your memories for good.  With this form of intercessory prayer, once the
> Lord heals the memory, the memory can be returned to, no matter how
> traumatic it may have been, and there will literally be no pain, no
> woundedness, and no fear or guilt associated with the memory event.
> concerning nightmares, they, too, have a root cause.  When the root is
> discovered, it can be healed and the nightmares will go away.  Nightmares
> are based upon fear and fear is not the will of God for any Christian.
> Although I have received healling for PTSD and many other things, I have
> never lost a memory.  I can go, in my mind, to every single memory but the
> pain is gone and I am no longer afraid of those memories because the pain
> has been removed.  I have prayed with rape victoms and sexually abuse
> victoms who now can return to that memory any time and feel no guilt or
> shame or mental pain or emotional woundedness.  Only God can do something
> like that.  the memory and the woundedness in the memory can be healed but
> the memory itself cannot ever be removed.
>
> Phil.