We live in a world where everyone is a victim. I think it started with the days of Oprah, and her raw and honest interviews with folks from different walks of life that finally had a voice for their stories. Victims are the bearers of some sort of trauma.
Trauma, in its basic form, is a deep and disturbing experience. It could be forms of abuse (mental, physical, sexual,) or from the death of someone close, or perhaps you survived a natural disaster or an assault of some sort of bearing trauma. Trauma is subjective–if it was traumatic to you, then that’s all that matters! Or perhaps you have endured something and don’t feel it’s worthy of the word trauma. Research has shown that it will inevitably rear its ugly head at some point–you will be a bearer of trauma. It’s tricky. It shows up when we least expect it. We can fall into the mindset that we didn’t really have it that bad and start playing the comparison game.
One thing is certain: we must acknowledge it before we can begin to heal. No dismissal of feelings or saying that it’s “just life…” When we deny the impact trauma has on us, we can end up looking for remedies rather than the root of the hurt.
There is, in my opinion, only one real way to address this. We must acknowledge our Higher Power(GOD, for me) is in control and rely on Him as my help and source of shelter. He is in the business of redeeming what seems to be irreversible.
We won’t be able to go back to things as they were before; scars of trauma will always be there. But those scars will serve as a reminder of what we’ve been able to overcome. They also inevitably become the very thing that attracts others who are suffering to you, so that your own testimony of making it through can be used and magnified to show God’s faithfulness. He does care about the hurt and trauma you are going through. He is an ever present source of strength and help. Will you dare to reach out today? This song is a great encouragement and testament to the HOPE we must cling to. Let’s all dare to let our hearts beat again. We know how hard it can be—let us know how we can help.
